Business Education, Values and Beliefs

The study was concerned with values, value systems and the beliefs of business students from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds. The study of values and values education in western societies is clearly different from the approach to a study of Asian values advocated by Lee Kuan Yew. We talk abou...

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Main Author: Small, Michael W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 1997
In: Teaching business ethics
Year: 1997, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-61
Further subjects:B Liberal Education
B Intercultural education
B Values
B Moral Education
B Asian values
B business / management education
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Summary:The study was concerned with values, value systems and the beliefs of business students from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds. The study of values and values education in western societies is clearly different from the approach to a study of Asian values advocated by Lee Kuan Yew. We talk about integrity, idealism, honesty, fairness, altuism, justice, equity, freedom, but can we expect overseas students from different cultural backgrounds to have the same understanding of these concepts as students who have been raised in western society?
ISSN:1573-1944
Contains:Enthalten in: Teaching business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1009723425944