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Implementing an Organizational Ethics Program in an Academic Environment: The Challenges and Opportunities for the Duquesne University Schools of Business

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This paper acknowledges the paucity of attention regarding the development of ethics programs within an academic environment and describes in a case study how the Duquesne University schools of business attempted to introduce, integrate and promote its own ethics program. The paper traces the business school’s attention to mission statements, curriculum development, ethics policy, program oversight and outcome assessment. Lessons learned are offered as suggestions for others seeking to develop and implement an ethics program in their school.

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  1. Beard Center for Leadership and Ethics, Duquesne University, 600 Forbes Avenue/Rockwell Hall #813, Pittsburgh, PA, 15282, U.S.A.

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Weber, J. Implementing an Organizational Ethics Program in an Academic Environment: The Challenges and Opportunities for the Duquesne University Schools of Business. J Bus Ethics 65, 23–42 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-005-3970-2

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