Using a Faculty Survey to Kick-Start an Ethics Curriculum Upgrade

Montgomery Wart (), David Baker () and Anna Ni ()

Journal of Business Ethics, 2014, vol. 122, issue 4, 585 pages

Abstract: The article briefly reviews the external pressures for teaching business ethics. It then summarizes why teaching business ethics across the curriculum is essentially a necessity in the current environment. This leads to a discussion of six commonly adopted elements used when seeking to improve a business ethics curriculum. The case study uses these six elements to provide insights into contemporary challenges facing many business schools. The particular contribution of this article is in the area of methods to assess the status of the curriculum. The case study provides details about a faculty survey used as a compelling tool to kick-start a business ethics curriculum upgrade, not only based on the information that it yields, but the potent opportunity for conversation and collaboration. The conclusion summarizes the contemporary challenges and opportunities that business schools face. The instrument itself is in the appendix. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

Keywords: Teaching business ethics; Ethics education; Business ethics curriculum; AACSB ethics standards; Business ethics education; Corporate social responsibility; Triple bottom line; Applied business ethics; Virtue ethics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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