Teaching Business Ethics in UK Higher Education: Progress and Prospects |
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Authors: | Cowton Christopher J Cummins Julian |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Accountancy, Huddersfield University, Business School, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH, U.K. |
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Abstract: | A large proportion of students in UK highereducation now study business and management. Although universities might be expected to aimto produce well-rounded graduates, there hasbeen a perception that business schools havetended to take a narrow view of businessstudies, paying little attention to ethicalissues. However, recently there have been somesigns of change. A survey was thereforeconducted to investigate the teaching ofbusiness ethics at both undergraduate andpostgraduate levels in the UK. Althoughprovision is still on a limited scale, signs ofgrowth are evident, with a significantproportion of institutions offering at leastsome business ethics teaching, either within a``mainstream' subject or as a separate module. This provision was reported as being wellreceived by students, but several challengesfor the future were identified, including thesupply of suitably qualified lecturers and theavailability of non-US case study material. The findings provide a baseline for trackingthe future development of business ethics inthe UK. Several suggestions for furtherresearch are also made. |
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Keywords: | empirical survey ethics courses questionnaire survey teaching resources United Kingdom |
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