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Impacts of Teaching Business Ethics in Korea

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This is the first study on the impact of teaching business ethics in a typical Asian culture, Korea. Eight scenarios involving business decision were administered to undergraduate management major students before (n = 120) and after (n = 128) a semester course titled Business Ethics, with control group (n = 91 before and after). The analysis indicated that teaching business ethics has positive impacts on the student as a whole, especially on younger male students who had no work experience.

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Lee, CY. Impacts of Teaching Business Ethics in Korea. Teaching Business Ethics 1, 131–149 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009773617271

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