Social Issues and Media Sensationalism: The Effectiveness of Teaching Methods to Affect their Perceived Importance

This study assessed the perceived importance of various social issues and the effect that teaching methods have on business students' perceptions of those issues. Subjects in the test group were shown an educational video that explained how some social issues are reported inaccurately with extensive coverage, or sensationalized in the media, resulting in a moral panic. Other issues are not covered as extensively, but may have a more significant impact on business, society and the subject. The importance of five social issues was rated by students who had completed a course that covered business ethics and social responsibility content and those who had not taken the course yet.Results indicated that business ethics and social responsibility course content had no effect on perceived importance of social issues, but that viewing the video did. Subjects who viewed the educational video on social issues in the news media rated those issues receiving extensive coverage as lower in importance than those subjects who did not view the video. Also, subjects who viewed the educational video rated those issues not receiving extensive coverage as higher in importance than those subjects who did not view the video. Implications for business ethics and social responsibility educators are discussed.     

Case Studies of Ethics Scandals: Effects on Ethical Perceptions of Finance Students

Ethics instructors often use cases to help students understand ethics within a corporate context, but we need to know more about the impact a case-based pedagogy has on students’ ability to make ethical decisions. We used a pre- and post-test methodology to assess the effect of using cases to teach ethics in a finance course. We also wanted to determine whether recent corporate ethics scandals might have impacted students’ perceptions of the importance and prevalence of ethics in business, so we used in-depth case studies of several of the major scandals (e.g., Enron, Tyco, Adelphia). Our results are somewhat surprising since studying ethics scandals positively impacts students’ ethical decision making and their perceptions of the ethics of businesspeople.     

理清建设思路 培养物流人才——对无锡商职院物流管理专业建设的思考

无锡商业职业技术学院在物流管理专业人才培养方面进一步理清专业建设思路,探索符合职教特点的教学模式,理顺全方位、多层次的产学研合作机制,打造专兼结合的"双师型"师资队伍,构建以精品课程为核心的职业能力导向型课程体系,改革教学内容,强化实践教学,建成了现代物流人才培养的基地。     

Environmental Reporting of Global Corporations: A Content Analysis based on Website Disclosures

Today, more corporations disclose information about their environmental performance in response to stakeholder demands of environmental responsibility and accountability. What information do corporations disclose on their websites? This paper investigates the environmental management policies and practices of the 200 largest corporations in the world. Based on a content analysis of the environmental reports of Fortune’s Global 200 companies, this research analyzes the content of corporate environmental disclosures with respect to the following seven areas: environmental planning considerations, top management support to the institutionalization of environmental concerns, environmental structures and organizing specifics, environmental leadership activities, environmental control, external validations or certifications of environmental programs, and forms of corporate environmental disclosures.     

Gaps in tourism education and workforce needs: attracting and educating the right people

The intense development of the tourism industry requires a skilled and qualified workforce. It is important to attract the right candidates to the tourism education, and subsequently provide relevant education to prepare students for the industry after graduation. While work placements may be useful and important to some extent, they are not the ideal solution. Hence, alternative approaches such as simulations and flipped classrooms may be applied. To provide realistic expectations, a closer collaboration between industry operators and education providers is needed. Education providers should assume a more proactive role by inviting tourism operators and integrated them in the tourism education programmes as guest lecturers.     

公司增发与市值管理——基于中国A股上市公司的实证研究

采用2005—2014年中国A股有增发股份记录的上市公司的市场数据,检验了被广泛讨论的"市值管理"现象。结果表明:所有权性质、增发目的、增发对象、经营状况以及市值存在差异的上市公司,在其增发股份前后及期间的超额收益率和股价信息含量存在很大差异,这些差异与不同公司进行增发的诉求一致。这说明,中国A股市场广泛存在服务于公司控制人的市值管理行为。由于这些市值管理行为可能包括控制股价和侵害其他投资人,因此监管层应制定更为严格的法规来规范市值管理行为。     

项目教学法在《酒水调制与服务》课程中的运用与反思

《酒水调制与服务》课程实施项目教学法，能使学生既学习到实践技能和操作规范，又能在这一过程中理解与提升理论知识。教学中应该注重转变教师角色，突出学生主体性，注重情境的创设，组建有效的合作型学习小组，建立新型师生关系，并重视项目展示与评价，使学生获得学习的满足感和成就感，从而激发学生再学习的动力。同时，还应该重视提高教师的教育教学水平及实践能力，提高硬件建设水平。     

PBL教学结合多媒体技术在物流专业课堂教学改革中的应用

文章分析了传统理论教学所存在的问题，结合《配送中心运营管理》课程的特点，将PBL教学模式与多媒体技术进行结合改革课堂教学模式，从而达到提高学生积极性和创造性的目的，对实施前准备工作、课堂教学中的组织和课堂后质量考核评价进行了设计和应用，从而达到培养学生职业能力的目的。     

职业学校语文课程不重视实训教学的原因分析

实训是一种强调通过实际训练让学生掌握、获取知识并提升能力的教学方法。作为工具性学科的职业学校语文课程,应重视实训教学。文章分析了职业学校语文课程不使用实训教学的原因。     

CDIO模式下工业设计专业《电子电工》课程改革探索

本文从工业设计专业的特点出发,分析了目前工业设计专业《电子电工》课程教学的现状,指出了该课程教学改革的必要性与重要性。借五邑大学为全国CDIO工程教育试点单位的契机,提出了CDIO模式下该校工业设计专业《电子电工》课程改革的思路和方法,并进行了探索性实践。