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- Title
Have Ethical Attitudes changed? An Intertemporal Comparison of the Ethical Perceptions of College Students in 1985 and 2001.
- Authors
Emerson, Tisha L. N.; Conroy, Stephen J.
- Abstract
Recent ethical breeches by corporate governors at the highest levels have called into question whether ethical attitudes have changed since the Corporate Raider scandals of the mid-1980s. We exploit a unique opportunity to follow-up on a previous investigation of college students in the mid-1980s to analyze this question. Using a similar survey instrument, we find that students surveyed in 2001 are significantly less accepting of the ethically questionable situations in seven of 15 scenarios and more accepting in only one. Seven scenarios showed no significant change. We conclude that, overall, ethical attitudes of students in 2001 appear to have become higher over time. To the extent that current students are future business leaders, we find these results to be encouraging for the long term.
- Subjects
CORPORATE governance; COLLEGE student attitudes; BUSINESS students; BUSINESS ethics education; INDUSTRIAL surveys; COMPARATIVE studies; BUSINESS education; COMMERCIAL crimes -- Social aspects; MORAL judgment; MORAL development; ETHICS; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Business Ethics, 2004, Vol 50, Issue 2, p167
- ISSN
0167-4544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/B:BUSI.0000022126.48574.6e