Ethics and communication education: Empowering teachers

Integrative Ethical Education: An Exploratory Investigation into a Relationally Based Approach to Ethics Education

“…For example, Canary (2007) found that students in a conflict communication course with ethics education embedded in it experienced statistically significant increases in ethical development compared to students in a standalone communication ethics course. Her conclusions lend support to the notion expressed by others that ethical development can occur in courses not solely focused on communication ethics and may even be more effective in doing so (Groshek & Conway, 2012;McCaleb & Dean, 1987).…”

“…Thus, it is beneficial to use the IEE model as a framework to develop communication courses that promote ethical development. Communication scholars (Groshek & Conway, 2012;McCaleb & Dean, 1987) have argued that ethics education should not only be present in communication ethics courses but weaved throughout communication curricula. As the IEE model proposes an educational environment that promotes ethical development, it can be used as a framework not only for courses that directly focus on ethics but for any communication course (Narvaez & Bock, 2014).…”

“…Communication scholars have been discussing the role of ethics education in communication classrooms for over three decades (e.g., Canary, 2007;Christians & Lambeth, 1996;Groshek & Conway, 2012;Jensen, 1985;Kienzler, 2001;McCaleb & Dean, 1987;Sproule, 1987). Combined, they argue that fostering ethical development should be addressed in communication curricula.…”