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The Course In Business Ethics: Why Don't The Philosophers Give Business Students What They Need?

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Ethical theory in business ethics texts lacks sufficient specificity to be used as a tool of analysis. The result is that business faculty do not see the course in business ethics as helpful to their students, and the students do not see the course as helpful in their careers.A further difficulty is the inclusion of material which is not seen by business faculty, as appropriate or germane to the practice of decision-making. Issues such as the legitimacy of the corporation, or capitalism versus Marxism, are of little interest or help to the person in business.Finally, the text cases are too often of a policy nature, and do not deal with issues faced by a majority of those in business. The result is the lack of engaging the moral imagination of the students.Unless the course is redesigned so that it is seen by business faculty as more relevant, it will continue to be required by only a small number of business programs.

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  • Pamental, George L., 1991. "The Course In Business Ethics: Why Don't The Philosophers Give Business Students What They Need?," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 1(4), pages 385-393, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:1:y:1991:i:04:p:385-393_00
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    1. Sheldene Simola, 2010. "Use of a “Coping-Modeling, Problem-Solving” Program in Business Ethics Education," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 96(3), pages 383-401, October.
    2. Clive Boddy, 2014. "Corporate Psychopaths, Conflict, Employee Affective Well-Being and Counterproductive Work Behaviour," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 121(1), pages 107-121, April.

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