Softening the Hearts of Business Students: The Role of Emotions in Ethical Decision Making

• Published in: Journal of management education Vol. 44; no. 3; pp. 278 - 312
• Main Authors: Jeong, Sophia S., Sun, Cong (Timothy), Fu, Ping Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2020; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Business Administration Education; Business Schools; College students; Decision Making; Education; Emotions; Ethics; Foreign Countries; Graduate Students; Hypotheses; MBA programs & graduates; Prosocial Behavior; Psychological Patterns; Secondary School Students; Students; Undergraduate Students; Hong Kong; hedonic emotions; business education; moral emotions; ethical decision making; business school

Business schools face a dilemma of promoting prosocial values while maintaining the principles of self-interest and profit maximization. In response to recent research suggesting that emotions may be the key to ethical decision making, we ask two basic questions: Do emotions make business students m...