Ethical Outcomes and Business Ethics: Toward Improving Business Ethics Education

• Published in: Journal of business ethics Vol. 117; no. 4; pp. 753 - 776
• Main Authors: Floyd, Larry A., Xu, Feng, Atkins, Ryan, Caldwell, Cam
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.11.2013; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Anniversaries; Business and Management; Business education; Business Ethics; Business schools; Curricula; Decision making; Education; Ethical behavior; Ethical codes; Ethical instruction; Ethics; Ethics and moral life; Graduates; Honesty; Management; MBA programs & graduates; Media ethics; Philosophy; Quality of Life Research; Scholarly publishing; Social ethics; Social responsibility; Society; Sociology; Sociology of education. Educational systems. Lifelong education; Sociology of knowledge and ethics; Sociology of knowledge and sociology of culture; Students; Studies; Surveys; Sustainability; Teaching; Improving business ethics educations; Status of business ethics education; Ethical outcome; Business ethics; Ethics; Survey; Moral Education; Teaching curriculum; Business

Unethical conduct has reached crisis proportions in business (Walker et al., Wall Str J East Edn, 258(37):A1-A10, 2011) and on today's college campuses (Burke et al., CPA J, 77(5):58-65, 2007). Despite the evidence that suggests that more than half of business students admit to dishonest practi...