scholarly journals Business Ethics and Ethics Education in American Business Programs

Competitio ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-200
Author(s):  
John D. Keiser
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
American Business ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Teaching Ethics ◽  
Ethical Business ◽  
Business Programs ◽  
The Difference

This essay presents an overview of what American business programs cover in their curricula regarding ethics and the reasons behind teaching ethics-related material to business students. Topics for the paperinclude; requirements for having ethics in the curricula, broad perspectives of what constitutes ethical business practices, and the difference between professional ethics and business ethics. Journal of Economic Literature (JEL) classification: M14, A20

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

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 118-137
Author(s):  
T Louw
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
South African ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Business Ethics Education ◽  
Ethical Awareness ◽  
Ethical Business

This paper explores the ethical awareness of the leadership of South African business schools. A questionnaire was distributed electronically to the top leadership of these business schools. The biographical characteristics of respondents were analysed to develop an ethical awareness score for each respondent. This score was used to determine whether respondents’ ethical awareness was above average and whether ethical awareness was affected by level of qualification or teaching experience. The results indicate that the leadership of South African business schools seem not to be sufficiently ethically aware to ensure that their business schools contribute to improved business ethics education and ethical business practices.

The Course In Business Ethics: Why Don't The Philosophers Give Business Students What They Need?

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
George L. Pamental
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Theory ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Moral Imagination ◽  
Business Faculty ◽  
Business Programs

Ethical theory in business ethics texts lacks sufficient specificity to be used as a tool of analysis. The result is that business faculty do not see the course in business ethics as helpful to their students, and the students do not see the course as helpful in their careers.A further difficulty is the inclusion of material which is not seen by business faculty, as appropriate or germane to the practice of decision-making. Issues such as the legitimacy of the corporation, or capitalism versus Marxism, are of little interest or help to the person in business.Finally, the text cases are too often of a policy nature, and do not deal with issues faced by a majority of those in business. The result is the lack of engaging the moral imagination of the students.Unless the course is redesigned so that it is seen by business faculty as more relevant, it will continue to be required by only a small number of business programs.

International Business Ethics

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard T. De George
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
International Business ◽  
International Economic Order ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Business ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Ozone Level ◽  
Global Issues ◽  
International Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Norms

International business ethics, as the term implies, cannot be national in character, anymore than international law can be national in character. Yet the analogy to law is as misleading as it is enlightening. For although we can speak of American, German or Japanese law, it is odd to speak of American, German or Japanese ethics. The reason is that ethics is usually thought to be universal. Hence there is simply ethics, not national ethics. Despite this, there is a sense that can be given to American business ethics or German business ethics. American business ethics does not refer to American as opposed to German ethics, but rather to the approach taken by those who do business ethics in the United States. What characterizes the American approach is not that it uses a special ethics or a national ethics, but that it is concerned with certain problems that are embedded in the American socio-economic-political system and faced by American business. German or Japanese business ethics differs from American business ethics in the cases and topics it deals with, in the different set of background institutions it takes for granted or investigates, and in the different culture, history, and social setting in which business operates.The same is true of what is often called international business ethics insofar as we can distinguish American, German, Japanese approaches to it. International business ethics might refer simply to the comparison of business practices and their ethical evaluation in different countries; it might investigate whether there are in fact ethical norms commonly recognized in all countries that should govern international business and economic transactions, and if there are variations in ethical norms, whether multinational firms are bound by the ethical norms of their mother country, by the ethical norms of their host countries, by either, by both, or by neither. International business ethics might involve broad issues about the economic inequality of nations, the justice of the present international economic order, the ethical status and justifiability of such organizations as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund and of their structures and practices, as well as the ethical dimensions of international debt, and the claimed economic dependence of some countries on others, or such global issues as the role of industry in the depletion of the ozone level.

scholarly journals Building Customer Value And Profitability With Business Ethics

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. McMurrian ◽  
Erika Matulich
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Customer Value ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Ethical Business ◽  
And Performance

Firms assume ethical business practices only add costs to the firm. However, business ethics actually add value for customers and result in increased profitability and performance for the firm.

scholarly journals Business Ethics Education: One Management Educators Perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy J. Niles
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Ethical Reasoning ◽  
Ethical Challenges ◽  
Business Ethics Education ◽  
Business Faculty ◽  
Resource Center ◽  
The Past

Results from the 2005 National Business Ethics Survey (NBES) indicate that over half of employees observed at least one type of misconduct in the workplace during the past 12 months, with nearly 40% observing two or more violations (http://www.ethics.org). The President of the Ethics Resource Center, Dr. Patricia Harned, has stated that this statistic has not changed much over the past 5 years even though there is a rise in the number of companies that have implemented ethics programs (http://www.ethics.org) Business faculty has the opportunity to provide business students with ethical reasoning opportunities to meet these ethical challenges successfully.  AACSB has stated in their 2004 Ethics Education in Business Schools that…business education must encourage students to develop an understanding of the challenges surrounding business ethics and provide students with the tools to recognize and respond to ethical issues, both personally and organizationally (9). This paper outlines a proposed undergraduate business ethics education model that is developed in compliance with AACSB standards.

John Commons on Customer Goodwill and the Economic Value of Business Ethics: Response to Professor Sen

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Black
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Customer Relations ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Intangible Capital ◽  
Socialist Economy ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Ethical Business ◽  
Ethical Practices ◽  
Fair Competition

Abstract:This paper shows how John R. Commons’ analysis of a firm’s goodwill value gives analytical support to Professor Amartya Sen’s contention (BEQ, 1993) that business ethics makes economic sense. A firm’s market value consists of the value of both tangible and intangible capital, including the goodwill value of ongoing customer relations. If a firm is to defend its goodwill value, it needs to have the protection of the courts and to pursue ethical practices. The courts defend fair competition by giving protection from unethical competitors while the firm defends its reputation with honest dealings.By implication, firms which depend on ongoing customer relations will tend to engage in more ethical business practices than firms which do not. Even a firm which makes a mistake that compromises its product’s safety may reduce the loss of goodwill value over time by admitting the mistake early rather than hiding it.Also by implication, the transition from a command socialist economy to a market economy cannot be made instantaneously since trust, reputation, and these ongoing customer relations—key institutions of market economies—cannot be generated instantaneously.

The impact of education, diversity, professional development and age on personal business ethics of business students in Russia

2017 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 410-426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Ermasova ◽  
Stephen Wagner ◽  
Lam Dang Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Professional Development ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Older Employees ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how individual differences predict personal business ethics of business students with a particular focus on how these factors moderate the relationship between ethical organizational interventions and personal business ethics perception. Design/methodology/approach Totally, 488 participants completed Clark’s Personal Business Ethics Scores (PBES) survey. ANOVA analyses were then performed. Findings Significant correlations were observed between personal business ethics and diversity professional development, age, and education. The authors found significant difference on ethical behavior and diversity professional development. Professional development focusing on diversity was positively related to reports of ethical behavior for women but no significant relationship was observed for men. Furthermore, professional development focusing on ethics was positively related to reports of ethical behavior for younger employees but no significant relationship was observed for older employees. Research limitations/implications Researchers and scholars in cross-cultural management and business ethics fields can benefit from this study as it provides more empirical results in understanding the impact of demographic, educational, and cultural factors on the ethical maturity of business students in different countries. Practical implications Leaders, managers and practitioners, can benefit from this study as it provides managerial implications in managing this workforce in the most effective and efficient manner. The results from this research suggest that ethics education and diversity training play the critical role in creating an ethical climate on workplace. Originality/value This study fills the gap within the literature and offers a unique analysis of the personal business ethics of Russian business students. Determining the types of business ethics education and training that are the most effective in Russia would be beneficial to researchers and practitioners.

scholarly journals Business ethics education

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-485
Author(s):  
Isaias Rivera
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Business Ethics Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
Personal Ethics

This paper makes the review of the literature dedicated to relevant social issues that have been addressed by business practices and the business ethics literature, especially during the past century. The review of practical literature is undertaken from the perspective of the practitioner and demonstrates that the business ethics literature has been lax in the sense that it mostly addresses specific managerial problems and personal ethics within the business environment.

scholarly journals The Influence Of Ethics Instructions On Ethical Judgment Of Minority Students

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustus Abbey ◽  
Binta Abubakar ◽  
Fikru H. Boghossian
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Of Interest ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Ethical Judgment ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Corporate America ◽  
Personal Integrity ◽  
Ethical Business ◽  
Ethics Instruction ◽  
Significant Difference

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Recent ethical scandals in corporate America have brought to the fore the issue of ethics in business. Many have questioned the role of the American educational system in general and the business school curriculum in particular for failing to inculcate in students and future business leaders good ethical standards. This exploratory study examines the influence of ethics instruction on the ethical judgment of students. Business students in an accredited (AACSB International) business program who have taken at least two formal courses in business ethics were compared to engineering seniors and freshmen business students who had not been introduced to formal instructions in ethics. Respondents were exposed to realistic ethical business scenarios dealing with conflict of interest transactions and personal integrity. The results showed a significant difference between the two groups of respondents on conflict of interest scenarios but no difference on personal integrity scenarios. Implications are considered for ethics education.</span></span></p>

scholarly journals Ethical business practices in the Eastern Cape automotive industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 569-583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hendrik Lloyd ◽  
Michelle Mey ◽  
Koman Ramalingum
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Ethical Behaviour ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Ethical Business ◽  
Ethics Research

High profile scandals have brought about a renewed interest in business ethics and, in particular, inunderstanding the factors that promote ethical behaviour. Business ethics is about identifying andimplementing values, rules and standards of conduct for guiding morally right behaviour in an organisation’sinteraction with its stakeholders. Against this background a quantitative analysis of the ethical practices of46 companies operating in the Eastern Cape automotive industry was conducted to determine the extent towhich ethics-related interventions contributed to establishing and maintaining an ethical organisationalenvironment. A structured online questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data collected wassubjected to extensive statistical analyses, including Cronbach Alpha coefficients and item total correlations,and various descriptive statistics were included as a quantitative summary of the data. A constant referencevalue for the study was also calculated to allow inferences regarding the significance of the tested variablesto the study. The results revealed that the organisations in the sample are highly ethical due to the presenceof ethics-related interventions, including a code of ethics, committed leadership, adherence to internal andexternal governance requirements, compliance with legislation and encouragement and disclosure ofunethical behaviour. In light of the high number of ethical scandals internationally, this study will add to theempirical body of business ethics research, as it provides organisations with a framework to establish andmaintain an ethical business environment.

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