Moral Problems Perceived by Industry in Collaboration with a Student Group: Balancing between Beneficial Objectives and Upholding Relations

Autor/in	Vartiainen, Tero
Titel	Moral Problems Perceived by Industry in Collaboration with a Student Group: Balancing between Beneficial Objectives and Upholding Relations
Quelle	In: Journal of Information Systems Education, 20 (2009) 1, S.51-66 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1055-3096
Schlagwörter	Industry; Information Systems; Ethics; Problems; Courses; College Students; Foreign Countries; Computer Science Education; Information Technology; Business Administration Education; School Business Relationship; Partnerships in Education; Moral Issues; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Industrie; Ethik; Problemsituation; Kursangebot; Collegestudent; Ausland; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Informationstechnologie; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Moraltheorie; Finnland
Abstract	Industry-university partnerships are common in the IT field. This paper reports on moral problems perceived by client representatives collaborating with student groups taking part in a project course in information systems education in a Finnish university. Twenty-two client representatives from IT organizations were interviewed during the course of one project, phenomenography was used in the analysis, and a collective description was determined. The moral problems in collaboration relate to business-directed (gaining benefit) and relations-directed (upholding relations and taking care) intentions, and also relate to interpersonal issues, the project task, and external parties. The results also indicate that the relationship between the clients and the students resembles the dirty-hands dilemma of the corporation, and that client representatives experience role confusions. Forming a reflective community between collaborators is recommended to handle the moral problems. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE). c/o Al Harris, JISE Editor, Department of Computer Information Systems, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608. Tel: 828-262-6180; Fax: 828-262-6190; e-mail: jise@appstate.edu; Web site: http://www.jise.appstate.edu/index.htm
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10