RT Article
T1 A longitudinal survey of business school graduates' assessments of business ethics
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 7
IS 4
SP 295
OP 302
A1 Arlow, Peter
A1 Ulrich, Thomas A.
A2 Ulrich, Thomas A.
LA English
YR 1988
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785598155
AB A longitudinal survey of business graduates over a four-year period revealed stability over time in their assessments of proposals to improve business ethics except for significantly greater disapproval of government regulation. A comparison of graduates and executives indicate both favor developing general ethical business principles, business ethics courses, and codes of ethics, while disapproving government regulation and participation by religious leaders in ethical norms for business. The mean rankings by business graduates over time of factors influencing ethical conduct show significant declines in school-university training and significant increases for religious training and industry practices. Graduates and executives rank family training as the most important influence and school-university training as least important. The authors conclude that a more careful consideration be given to matching reform proposals and influence factors, and to increasing the depth of change efforts in individual business ethics.
K1 Longitudinal Survey
K1 Ethical Conduct
K1 Government Regulation
K1 Business School
K1 Business Ethic
DO 10.1007/BF00381835