Ethics Training and Workplace Ethical Decisions of MBA Professionals

Autor/inn/en	Romious, Tamar S.; Thompson, Randall; Thompson, Elizabeth
Titel	Ethics Training and Workplace Ethical Decisions of MBA Professionals
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Learning, 5 (2016) 1, S.190-198 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-5250
Schlagwörter	Ethical Instruction; Ethics; Work Ethic; Masters Programs; Business Administration Education; Corporations; Crime; Deception; Interviews; Qualitative Research; Decision Making; Administrators; Educational Quality; Data Analysis; Coding; Outcomes of Education; Theory Practice Relationship; Conflict Resolution; Administrator Attitudes; Employer Employee Relationship; Employer Attitudes; Expectation; Work Environment; Missouri + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Ethik; Arbeitsethos; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Unternehmen; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Täuschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Qualitative Forschung; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Auswertung; Codierung; Programmierung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Expectancy; Erwartung; Arbeitsmilieu
Abstract	We recruited 15 MBA professionals in the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area to explore experiences and perceptions of classroom ethics training and ethical experiences in the workplace. Telephone interviews were conducted using open-ended questions to collect data that were uploaded to NVivo 10 for qualitative analysis. As a result of the data analysis, seven themes were recognized: (a) effective decision-making; (b) combining classroom instruction with real-world experience; (c) reasoning through an ethical issue; (d) resolution of workplace ethical issues; (e) feelings about ethics and corporate fraud; (f) fear of employer retaliation; and (g) expectations of management. One unexpected finding was that managers do not resolve ethical issues that the participants expect and that managers need more ethics training. The importance of human resources department was noted in dealing with ethical issues. A disturbing finding was the strong fear of retaliation for reporting an unethical issue. The self-assessment of the quality of ethics training in their MBA programs was mixed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01