Volume 2, Issue 1, 2005
Cathy Driscoll, Jacqueline Finn
Pages 51-69
Integrating Ethics into Business Education
Exploring Discrepancies and Variability Among Professors and Students
In a study of the integration of ethics in an MBA program at an Atlantic Canadian University, we found evidence of discrepancies between students and professors with regards to their perception of the integration of ethics into coursework. In addition, discrepancies were found among the perceptions of some of the students taking the same course. Possible reasons for these discrepancies are explored, as well as some of the examples of marginalization of ethics and some of the barriers to teaching ethics that emerged in this study. Implications for business faculty and administration are discussed.