Student views of “ethical” issues: A situational analysis

Jones, William A.

doi:10.1007/bf00382645

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“…On the other hand, the study conducted by Jones (1990) revealed that both undergraduate and graduate students tended to be undecided. The general responses were more toward disagreement on the unethical situations illustrated in the study although graduate students tended to feel a bit stronger.…”

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Attitude towards Business Ethics: Examining the Influence of Religiosity, Gender and Education Levels

Choe¹,

Lau²

2010

IJMS

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This study aims to explore the influence of religiosity, gender and education levels on attitude towards business ethics. Religiosity has long been regarded as the key determinant in shaping ethical values. The well-established scale of Attitude Towards Business Ethics Questionnaire (ATBEQ) was adapted. Religiosity was measured using the Religious Commitment Inventory Scale (RCI-10). There are two dimensions of religiosity -intrapersonal religiosity and interpersonal religiosity. Results showed that intrapersonal religiosity was a significant determinant to attitude towards business ethics but interpersonal religiosity was not. Comparisons were also made across several demographic characteristics with regards to business ethics. There was no significant difference between gender. Significant difference was found in business ethics across different educational levels.

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Section: Education Levelmentioning

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Attitude towards Business Ethics: Examining the Influence of Religiosity, Gender and Education Levels

Choe¹,

Lau²

2010

IJMS

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“…Recent events such as the tran-Contra affair, insider trading scandals, the fall of TV evangelists, Ieveraged buyouts and hostile takeovers with subsequent layoffs and downsizing, the paying of greenmail, pollution controversies, huge budget and trade deficits and others have encouraged a sense that "the sky is falling" so far as ethics is concerned (Jones, 1990). …”

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A comparison of ethical evaluations of business school faculty and students: A pilot study

1993

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ABSTRACT. This paper reports the results of a pilot study of differences in ethical evaluations between business faculty and students at a Southern university. Data were collected from 137 business students (46 freshmen and 67 seniors) and 34 business faculty members. Significant differences were found in 7 of the 30 situations between freshmen and faculty and four situations between seniors and faculty. When the combined means for each group were tested, there was no significant difference in the means at the 0.05 level of significance. A trend was revealed, however, in that the majority of. the time faculty members were the most ethically oriented followed by seniors and then freshmen.

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“…Jones, 1990;Kaynama et al, 1996). Two points are important here: First, in most of the cases, no one is claiming or forcing the managers to unconditionally pursue rationality, efficiency and profit-this is the same effect as reported by Soutar et al (1994), i.e.…”

Section: Ethical Issues: Business Is Business-or Is It?mentioning

confidence: 90%

“…When students are asked to identify with practical management in business firms, this implies role taking. Some interesting studies (Jones, 1990;Kaynama, King, & Smith, 1996) report that students' decision behavior was significantly different when they were asked to take the role as business managers compared to responding when they did not take any role. This may imply that students, when asked to take management's perspective, employed their implicit leadership theories (Lord & Maher, 1993), which are their personal roadmaps into the challenges and daily lives of managers.…”

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“I hope it won’t happen to me!” Hospitality and tourism students’ fear of difficult moral situations as managers

Marnburg

2006

Tourism Management

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Marnburg, E. (2006)' AbstractIn order to organize ethical education for future managers in the hospitality and tourism industry, an interesting study is to look into how students conceptualize the moral ordeals they think they will meet in their future management positions. Hospitality and Tourism students at the Norwegian School of Hotel Management, Stavanger University, were given a group assignment to write stories (narratives) about managers who were confronted with ethical dilemmas-a situation they could face as future managers.In order to make an explorative study of the narratives, an analytical categorization model based on former research in business ethics was constructed. This model focuses on what types of ethical dilemmas are described, who is involved in the situation, situational factors, individual attributes, and who is to blame for the dilemma appearance. Most of the dilemmas described in the histories were general business ethical issues and the students focused mainly on problems between superiors and subordinates within the organizations. The analyses revealed that the students have a sound conception of how moral dilemmas were elicited and of social reactions within the organization. The students also showed a high degree of selfinsight and were generally skeptical of top management's decisions or lack thereof. However, the analyses also revealed that the students' implicit theories about management included harsh expectations from the organizations and that individualistic and lone managers had to bear all the problems on their shoulders. Possible implications of the findings are discussed in relation to professional practice, education and future research.

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Student views of “ethical” issues: A situational analysis

Cited by 45 publications

References 7 publications

Attitude towards Business Ethics: Examining the Influence of Religiosity, Gender and Education Levels

Attitude towards Business Ethics: Examining the Influence of Religiosity, Gender and Education Levels

A comparison of ethical evaluations of business school faculty and students: A pilot study

“I hope it won’t happen to me!” Hospitality and tourism students’ fear of difficult moral situations as managers

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