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Business Faculty Perceptions and Actions Regarding Ethics Education

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This paper examines faculty perceptions regarding ethical behavior among colleagues and students, and faculty practices with regard to teaching ethics in three institutions over a 4-year period. Faculty reported an uneven pattern of unethical behavior among colleagues over the period. A majority of business courses included ethics, however as both a specific topic on the syllabus and within course discussions. The percentage of courses with ethics discussions increased in 2006, however, the time allocated to these discussions decreased. These results suggest that faculty are approaching ethics instruction less formally, raising concerns over the success of curriculum integration.

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  1. University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA

    Laura L. Beauvais

  2. College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA

    David E. Desplaces

  3. Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, USA

    David E. Melchar & Susan M. Bosco

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Beauvais, L.L., Desplaces, D.E., Melchar, D.E. et al. Business Faculty Perceptions and Actions Regarding Ethics Education. J Acad Ethics 5, 121–136 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-007-9046-4

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