Assessing business-school students' attitude towards business ethics: a study from India

Abstract

Ethics in business is an issue that has long received substantial attention. Business schools (b-schools) differ significantly in the degree to which the dealing of subjects in their curriculum is coordinated. Introducing ethics courses into the b-school curriculum has been advocated for some time now in India. It is imperative to analyse the attitude of b-school students towards business ethics. The present study focuses on examining the difference in students' attitude towards business ethics based on gender, age and work experience. The study reveals that individual characteristic and knowledge of a course in ethics did not significantly affect students' attitudes.