- Title
- Factors affecting student's perception of ethical and moral behaviour: An empirical investigation of business schools in the United States and Australia
- Creator
- Ashe, Carolyn; Hettihewa, Samanthala
- Date
- 2011
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/45678
- Identifier
- vital:5039
- Identifier
- ISSN:2154-1736
- Abstract
- It is imperative that business students are prepared to join the world‘s highly dynamic, technologically advanced 21st Century global workplace. Technological innovations have provided an effective transition into the new millennium, while rapid globalization has opened unprecedented risks and opportunities for the business sector. While transition is a major concern for most businesses as it relates to management, the global transformation has revealed that questionable business standards still exist. Scandals over the past decade include but are not limited to the following: Wall Street ethics (insider trading, leveraged buyouts); environmental issues (Con Edison); personal business ethics revealing theft at the highest levels of management (Madoff Investment, Allen Stanford, Lehman Brothers, Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), Adelphia Communications, AIG, Health South; kickbacks (Tyco); racial discrimination (Denny‘s and Texaco); sexual harassment (Mitsubishi); and general dishonesty (BP,Enron, WorldCom, Waste Management) have proven financially disastrous due to unethical behavior (Business Week, 2002; Wall Street Journal, 2003; Scharff, 2005; Cagle & Baucus, 2006; Grant & Visconti, 2006; Kaplan & Kiron, 2007; Heminway, J., 2007; Eccles,Newquist & Schatz, 2007; Aguilera,Vadera, 2008; Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 2008; Bartkus & Glassman, 2008; Ernst & Young, 2008; Palmer, 2008; Business Roundtable: Institute for Corporate Ethics, 2009; Ethics Resource Center, 2009; Rahman, Burckel & Mustafa, 2009; Putnam & Nicotera, 2010). Unexpected to the public,the epoch and consequences of these activities have been exposed. Corporate earnings management is one of the most repeatedly examined issues in the business arena (Healy & Wahlen, 1999). Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has been a ―hot topic in the business world
- Relation
- National Social Science Journal Vol. 36, no. 1 (2011), p. 8-27
- Rights
- Copyright National Social Science Association
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Business schools
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