RT Article
T1 Conversations Across Continents: Teaching Business Ethics Online
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 48
IS 1
SP 75
OP 88
A1 Painter-Morland, Mollie
A1 Fontrodona, Juan
A1 Hoffman, W. Michael
A1 Rowe, Mark
A2 Fontrodona, Juan
A2 Hoffman, W. Michael
A2 Rowe, Mark
LA English
YR 2003
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785620541
AB The paper focuses on an online business ethics course that three professors (Painter-Morland, Fontrodona and Hoffman) taught together, and in which the fourth author (Rowe) participated as a student, from their respective locations on three continents. The course was conducted using Centra software, which allowed for synchronous online interaction. The class included students from Europe, South Africa and the United States. In order to assess the value of synchronous online teaching for ethics training, the paper identifies certain knowledge, skills and capacities that are crucial to the moral development process within individuals. The paper argues that the online teaching method succeeds in creating an environment within which important ethical knowledge and skills might be developed. It provides an in-depth reflection on the advantages and dis-advantages of online teaching and proposes improvements on the way forward. One of the major advantages relates to its ability to facilitate cross-cultural discussion and debate on ethical issues and foster insight into contextual influences on ethics management within an international arena.
K1 synchronous online interaction
K1 online teaching
K1 Moral Development
K1 ethics training
K1 ethical skills
K1 ethical approaches
K1 cross-cultural teaching
DO 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000004384.53153.97