ERIC Number: EJ797983
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 33
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Ethics Education: Using Inductive Reasoning to Develop Individual, Group, Organizational, and Global Perspectives
Taft, Susan H.; White, Judith
Journal of Management Education, v31 n5 p614-646 2007
Ethics education that prepares students to address ethical challenges at work is a multifaceted and long-term endeavor. In this article, the authors propose an inductive ethics pedagogy that begins the process of ethics education by grounding students in their own individual ethical principles. The approach centers on developing students' ethical self-knowledge in three ways: using an inductive method to aid students in learning ethics from a foundation of their own beliefs, distinguishing ethics from related concepts, and examining ethical conduct at four different levels of analysis--individual, group, organizational, and international perspectives. The authors define ethics and provide a model, new to the literature, that distinguishes ethics from related concepts, such as law, morality, or values. They include a discussion of ethical and cultural relativism and ethical absolutism relevant to the global context. This article is intended for the ethics educator in undergraduate and graduate business courses. (Contains 1 figure, 5 tables, and 14 notes.)
Descriptors: Ethics, Social Values, Moral Values, Values Education, Self Concept, Models, Cultural Influences, Global Approach, Undergraduate Study, Graduate Study, Business Administration Education, Administrator Education, Influences, Organizational Culture
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