The results are in on who MBA students regard as their future employers of choice.

Following a financial crisis that is expected to result in over 55 million people thrown into extreme poverty and starvation, and to result in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of infants before their first birthdays, working in investment banks might have lost its sheen, no?

No. The latest IDEAL employer survey finds that Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have come in as 3rd and 14th most popular choice for future employer. Both these firms are under investigation for alleged fraud involving the mortgage derivative products that provide a crucial link in the causal chain that led to the crisis.

And remember that movement for an MBA oath of social responsibility in business? That, also, now begins to look like a fleeting moment of conscience.

Looks like it is back to business schools as usual.

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