Business Ethics: A View From The Classroom

Abstract

The global economy has been devastated in the last year and according to Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, America's economy was threatened, reminiscent of the Great Depression. Our nation is also in a serious ethical and moral decline, as evidenced by steroid use in baseball, corporate scandals, accounting fraud, religious immorality within churches, human trafficking and the rise of cheating and plagiarism in our school systems. The lines between right and wrong have been blurred, relegating moral and ethical boundaries to outdated standards. This paper will seek to establish some answers regarding university students in the classroom such as, what is the perceived attitudes of today’s college students toward ethical behavior, are they naïve, etc? Also, this paper will explore ways in which professors can reinforce appropriate ethical behavior as an essential element in our society.

Academic Dishonesty Among Nursing Students

“…Academic dishonesty has been explored in numerous higher education programs: law (Palermo & Evans, 2007), pharmacy (Rabi, Patton, Fjortoft, & Zgarrick, 2006), business (Bennett, 2005;Galbraith & Webb, 2010;Martin, Rao, & Sloan, 2009;Nonis & Swift, 2001;Rakovski & Levy, 2007;Sims, 1993;Wilson, 2008), accounting (Doty, Tomkiewicz, & Bass, 2005;Ogilby, 1995), psychology (Konheim-Kalkstein, 2006;Lucas & Friedrich, 2005), social work (Collins & Amodeo, 2005), journalism (Shipley, 2009), and engineering (Harding, Carpenter, Finelli, & Passow, 2004).…”

The ethical awareness of the leadership of South African business schools: Do they set the tone?

“…1It is clear from the literature that it is the responsibility of business schools to produce ethically minded graduates (Bush et al 2009;Freeman et al 2009;Galbraith & Webb 2010). In responding to the questionnaire, the leadership of South African business schools acknowledge this responsibility.…”

“…Business ethics research has been gaining momentum internationally over the few last decades (Rossouw 2002;2004;Bazerman & Tenbrunsel 2011;Alford & Bebensee 2010;Steinborn 2012). Internationally, and in the USA in particular, higher education institutions have increased their focus on finding appropriate methodologies to ensure that they empower their students with ethical thinking skills (Lau 2010;Jones 2009;Galbraith & Webb 2010).…”

Eti̇ksel Davranişlar Ve Eti̇ksel İkli̇mi̇n Mobbi̇ng Üzeri̇ndeki̇ Etki̇si̇: Bi̇r Alan Araştirmasi

“…Ancak etik ve ahlak kavramları anlam bakımından yakın gibi görünmelerine rağmen birbirinden farklıdır (Kuçuradi, 2003: 8). Etik sözcüğünün etimolojik kökenine baktığımızda Yunancada karakter, yaşamın alışılmış yolu, geleneksel alışkanlık anlamlarına gelen "ethos" sözcüğünden türetilmiştir (Galbraith ve Webb, 2010: 1).…”