Concerns of college students regarding business ethics

✍ Scribed by Richard F. Beltramini; Robert A. Peterson; George Kozmetsky

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 480 KB
• Volume: 3
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-4544
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00382919

✦ Synopsis

Although some attention has been devoted to assessin~ the attitudes and concerns ofbusinesspeople toward ethics, relatively little attention has focused on the attitudes and concerns of tomorrow's business leaders, today's college students. In this investigation a national sample was utilized to study college students' attitudes toward business ethics, with the results being analyzed by academic classification, academic major, and sex. Results of the investigation indicate that college students are currently somewhat concerned about business ethics in general, and that female students in particular are more concerned about ethical issues than are their male counterparts.

The increasingly complex and competitive business environment has resulted in new pressures being brought to bear on the traditional values and ethics of business decision makers and managers. As institutions continue to be challenged, the issue of business ethics has