Level of moral development in students at the Law School of San Ignacio de Loyola University (Lima - Peru) in the face of political corruption 2021

Melissa Denisse Sisniegas Pajuelo (), Leopoldo Raúl Jesús Best Mejía, Fernando de Jesús Saavedra Bardalez and Mateo Clemente Peralta Maceda
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Melissa Denisse Sisniegas Pajuelo: International Relations Department, San Ignacio de Loyola University, Lima, Peru
Leopoldo Raúl Jesús Best Mejía: International Relations Department, San Ignacio de Loyola University, Lima, Peru
Fernando de Jesús Saavedra Bardalez: International Relations Department, San Ignacio de Loyola University, Lima, Peru
Mateo Clemente Peralta Maceda: International Relations Department, San Ignacio de Loyola University, Lima, Peru

Economic Research Guardian, 2021, vol. 11, issue 2, 270-283

Abstract: The level of moral development of the students at the Law School of the San Ignacio de Loyola University in Lima - Peru was determined with the Defining Issues Test - Short Form (DIT - SF) questionnaire developed by J. Rest based on L. Kohlberg's evolutionary theory of moral development. The questionnaire was applied to 87 students, in a cross-section, corresponding to 70% females and 30% males. Moral development was analyzed by gender and socio-economic profile. The predominant level of moral development was the conventional or norm-maintaining schema, and the average "P" index of the sample was 6.4 with no statistical difference between males and females. None presented a post-conventional moral development characterized by the recognition of ethical principles with autonomy and responsibility, the level needed by civil servants and public officials to avoid corruption.

Keywords: Corruption; DIT - SF Questionnaire; Moral Development; Ethics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D73 I25 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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