ERIC Number: EJ1128393
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Publication Date: 2017
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Can Teaching Social Dilemmas Make People More Prosocial? An Experiment
Martins, Julia; Fortmüller, Richard; Powell, Owen
Journal of Education for Business, v92 n1 p16-22 2017
Economics and business students regularly behave less prosocially than others. Can ethics training reverse this tendency? Results from a repeated public goods experiment reveal that it can. Students who attend an interactive lecture on social dilemmas show significantly more cooperation than others. However, the lecture does not appear to increase the incidence of reciprocal behavior. As many current social problems qualify as social dilemmas, this result stresses the importance of ethics training for policy makers and curriculum designers alike in overcoming the incentive structure of social dilemmas.
Descriptors: Social Problems, Prosocial Behavior, Ethical Instruction, Lecture Method, Educational Experiments, Secondary School Students, Economics Education, Business Education, Student Behavior
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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