What is the ‘‘managerial ethos?’’ What are the key forces within the corporation that form it? Corporations want men and women who are smart, quick-witted, well-dressed, cool under pressure, ambitious team players willing to subordinate themselves to their bosses’ judgments, capable of discerning ‘what has to be done’ in particular situations, adroit enough to avoid trouble or to extricate themselves from it quickly, morally flexible, able and willing to live with constant ambiguity.