The discussion concerning Corporate Social Responsibility changes continuously. In Diane L. Swansons and Professor William C. Fredericks article ”Are Business Schools Silent Partners in Corporate Crime” (2003), the spotlight is directed towards the role of educational institutions. Following a series of large-scale corporate scandals the authors believe that the educational institutions ought to integrate this new 'Corporate Reality' into the education, the curricula, and thus into the outdated economic rational by which most courses at business schools around the world are still taught by. Should these institutions choose not do so, the future business leaders will find themselves not fully equipped to tackle the challenging demands that are being thrown at them. The result of this lack of competencies, according to the authors, will probably be that the before mentioned leaders will influence negatively on the development towards a more responsible private sector. The schools could then be seen as “silent partners in crime”.

As the heading of this article illustrates, it is meant as follow-up to Morten Rønberg and Martin Klint Hansen's contribution to a difficult debate regarding the limits of the responsibility. Morten and Martin end their article by posing the question “Do you care?” and the aim of this article is simply to follow-up on that question and offer a reason why one should actually care.

Sharing the scope of the perspective of Swanson and Frederick, one can take the blaming further. As Swanson and Frederick place the responsibility with the business schools, I place the responsibility with the students at these business schools. If the management of the educational institutions do not embrace the paradigm of CSR by themselves, then why aren't students around the world pressuring the management into modernising the curricula and thus integrating the demands deriving from CSR into the practices? Large companies might have enormous financial power and thereby be able to take on a certain responsibility, but regardless of resources, students can influence matters and have an impact on societal issues. History shows that the many of major societal changes have been triggered by if not students, then youth.

The placing of a societal responsibility is, however, a highly complex discipline. According to most of today's job ads, one is required to be a team player as well as capable of working alone and besides one should furthermore be highly dedicated and a good person. Expectations that can make even the best student a bit doubtful about his or her own capabilities. In other words it is not enough to be a good student; one needs to be a 'good' person as well. My perception of this inflation in demands can be somewhat 'too much' and this is where the placing of responsibility with the students pose a difficult task. I seek not to blame my fellow students but rather to empower them. This article is therefore meant to 1) raise the question: “Are students silent partners in crime” and 2) offer an example of the power that students possess; namely WELL.