Alexander Chen, Michael J. Rubach, M. Carson, Ashlynn Morton
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Abstract
Abstract The authors examined the ethical perceptions of 262 college students. The present study follows prior studies using 10 scenarios that cover four categories: societal responsibilities, personal gains, corporate gains, and ethical principles. The findings indicate that social issues and ethical principles are more important to students, while personal gains have more significance than corporate gains. Gender plays a significant role in moral perceptions, with women being less tolerant of unethical behavior. Women who encountered ethical concepts in classes and participated in religious practices were less accepting of unethical behaviors. Ramifications for ethics education are shown, with gender being an intermediate (control) factor.
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The Journal of Education for Business is for those educating tomorrow''s businesspeople. The journal primarily features basic and applied research-based articles in entrepreneurship, accounting, communications, economics, finance, information systems, management, marketing, and other business disciplines. Along with the focus on reporting research within traditional business subjects, an additional expanded area of interest is publishing articles within the discipline of entrepreneurship. Articles report successful innovations in teaching and curriculum development at the college and postgraduate levels. Authors address changes in today''s business world and in the business professions that are fundamentally influencing the competencies that business graduates need. JEB also offers a forum for new theories and for analyses of controversial issues. Articles in the Journal fall into the following categories: Original and Applied Research; Editorial/Professional Perspectives; and Innovative Instructional Classroom Projects/Best Practices. Articles are selected on a blind peer-reviewed basis. Original and Applied Research - Articles published feature the results of formal research where findings have universal impact. Editorial/Professional Perspective - Articles published feature the viewpoint of primarily the author regarding important issues affecting education for business. Innovative Instructional Classroom Projects/Best Practices - Articles published feature the results of instructional experiments basically derived from a classroom project conducted at one institution by one or several faculty.