Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability Orientation among Economics and Management Masters' Students

Autor/inn/en	Delgado, Catarina; Venkatesh, Mani; Castelo Branco, Manuel; Silva, Tânia
Titel	Ethics, Responsibility and Sustainability Orientation among Economics and Management Masters' Students
Quelle	In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 21 (2020) 2, S.181-199 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-6370
DOI	10.1108/IJSHE-02-2019-0058
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Masters Programs; Economics Education; Business Administration Education; Ethics; Student Responsibility; Sustainability; Educational Background; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Administrator Education; Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Wirtschaftskunde; Ethik; Nachhaltigkeit; Vorbildung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland
Abstract	Purpose: This study aims to address the topic of ethics, responsibility and sustainability (ERS) orientation of students enrolled in schools of economics and management master's degrees. It examines the effect of educational background and gender on Portuguese students' orientation towards ERS, as well as the extent to which there is a relation between the scientific area of the master degree in which the student is enrolled and his/her ERS orientation. Design/methodology/approach: The authors used a sample of 201 students from several master degrees offered by the School of Economics and Management of a large public Portuguese university and analysed their ERS orientation using a survey by questionnaire. Findings: Findings suggest that there are differences in orientation across gender, with female students valuing ERS more than their male counterparts. Educational background has minimal effects on the responses. It was also found some sort of selection effect in terms of the scientific area of the master degree and ERS orientation. Originality/value: This study contributes to the literature by analysing the issue of whether students with an educational background in economics and management present different ERS orientation than their counterparts, as well as by examining whether there is some sort of self-selection into the study of disciplines in which ERS orientation is likely to be a week. As far as the authors are aware, this is the first study analysing this type of issue regarding ERS. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01