Case Studies of Ethics Scandals: Effects on Ethical Perceptions of Finance Students |
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Authors: | Julie A B Cagle Melissa S Baucus |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Finance, Xavier University, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH, 45207, U.S.A.;(2) Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Xavier University, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, OH, 45207, U.S.A |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | Case pedagogy case studies corporate misconduct ethics ethics across the curriculum ethics scandals ethics training teaching ethics |
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