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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 January 2015
The following address considers the relevance of business ethics education to our students. Is our concept of ethics one of practice and application? And, if so, are we accountable to our students, our institutions and ourselves, for the practical impact that we have or, conversely, that we do not have? Aren’t we responsible in part if one of our students ventures forth and does not act in an ethical manner? Though a positive response to this query may not be popular, what is the alternative? If we are not responsible for the impact (or lack thereof) that we have on our students, then what is our purpose? The discussion further explores the nature of this impact and the process by which we can amplify the results.
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2 Edward J. Romar, “Teaching Business Ethics: Contemporary Problems and some Con fucian Solutions,” unpublished manuscript available from the author (2002).
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5 Ibid., p. 2.
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7 “L’homme est périssable. Il se peut; mais périssons en résistant, et, si le néant nous est reservé, ne faisons pas que ce soit une justice” (Etienne Pivert de Senancour, Obermann, 1804, lettre xc).
8 Reference to Don Quixote’s “Yo se quien soy.”
9 Gordon Marino, “The Latest Industry To Flounder: Ethics Inc.,” Wall Street Journal, July 30, 2002.
10 Dienhart, John, “Who Are Our Hairdressers? A Plea for Institutions and Action,” Soci ety for Business Ethics Presidential Address, Washington, D.C., August, 2002.
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12 Alfred Tennyson, “Ulysses,” Poems (1842).
