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Factors Related to the Cognitive Moral Development of Business Students and Business Professionals in India and the United States: Nationality, Education, Sex and Gender

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This research focuses on the similarities and differences in the cognitive moral development of business professionals and graduate business students in two countries, India and the United States. Factors that potentially influence cognitive moral development, namely, culture, education, sex and gender are analyzed and discussed. Implications for ethics education in graduate business schools and professional associations are considered. Future research on the cognitive moral development of graduate business students and business professionals is recommended.

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  1. College of Business Administration, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, 68178, U.S.A.

    Beverly Kracher

  2. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 721302

    Abha Chatterjee

  3. Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, New York, 13502, U.S.A.

    Arlene R. Lundquist

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Kracher, B., Chatterjee, A. & Lundquist, A.R. Factors Related to the Cognitive Moral Development of Business Students and Business Professionals in India and the United States: Nationality, Education, Sex and Gender. Journal of Business Ethics 35, 255–268 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013859404733

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