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To achieve the goals of ethics education, students must have oportunities to develop both moral capacities (imagination, responsibility, and perseverance) and intellectual capacities (critical thinking). This article contends that service-based learning represents an important opportunity for integrative ethics education. It describes a program of “leadership internships” at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois, in which faculty members conduct a for-credit reflection seminar with students involved in service internships. The seminar is based upon student-written cases about ethical issues they face in their work settings.
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David C. Smith is Executive Vice President of the Council for Ethics in Economics, an association of leaders in busienss and the professions dedicated to strengthening the ethical fabric of business and economic life. Prior to joining the Council in August, 1994, he was Director of the campus-wide Leadership, Ethics, and Values Program at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.
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Smith, D.C. Ethical reflection and service internships. Journal of Business Ethics 15, 59–65 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380262
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00380262