From BNET.com: You’d like to think that even under pressure, your moral compass would keep you from doing anything unethical at work. Only unscrupulous types get caught up in things like backdating stock options and peddling subprime mortgages — right? But Babson College scholar Mary Gentile says acting ethically isn’t as easy as wanting to do the right thing; it’s about knowing how to do the right thing even when the stakes are high. Practice helps.

More than 80 business schools around the world are pilot testing a new approach to teaching ethics developed by Gentile, along with the Aspen Institute and Yale School of Management. The idea is simple: Teach MBAs to anticipate how they will be tempted to rationalize unethical behavior, and get them to practice countering the impulse. The goal: to make ethical choices come naturally, even in difficult situations.

Click here to view three case studies from the curriculum that are based on real-life dilemmas. In each case, the real subject successfully managed both the ethical issue and the internal politics. You can vote for how you would handle each one and then click below for the real-life answer.