The course in business ethics: Can it work?
An examination of ninety-nine syllabi for undergraduate courses in business ethics, collected by the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley College, reveals that half the courses are offered to freshmen and sophomores. Because of the fact that these students will have minimal knowledge of the functio...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1989
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 1989, Volume: 8, Issue: 7, Pages: 547-551 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethical Sensitivity
B Case Analysis B Functional Area B Business Ethic B Economic Growth |
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| Summary: | An examination of ninety-nine syllabi for undergraduate courses in business ethics, collected by the Center for Business Ethics at Bentley College, reveals that half the courses are offered to freshmen and sophomores. Because of the fact that these students will have minimal knowledge of the functional areas of business firms, and because these courses rely heavily on case analysis, it is likely that the students in these courses are not able to deal effectively with the material in the course. Therefore, any expectation that the business ethics course will raise the students' ethical sensitivity when considering business problems or decisions is unrealistic. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00382930 |