How do business educators prepare students better about ethical decision-making?
Journal of International Education in Business
ISSN: 2046-469X
Article publication date: 23 May 2023
Issue publication date: 7 November 2023
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to identify predictors that affect business student perceptions on ethical decision-making. This paper also investigates how those predictors impact the decision-making related to ethical matters among Vietnamese business students.
Design/methodology/approach
A survey was conducted to collect data for testing the hypotheses. Questionnaires were administered to 500 Vietnamese business students from four public and private universities. The independent t-test was applied to the usable sample to analyze and derive relationships.
Findings
The empirical results showed that idealism and relativism significantly predict the perception of ethical decision-making. Idealism and relativism were found to influence high ethical decision-making significantly.
Originality/value
The study contributes to the literature on ethical decision-making in a transitional economy. New findings and insights from the research serve as a foundation for future research with ethics and decision-making topics. The results offer some insights to business schools in improving their ethical teaching courses and to businesses in their recruitment.
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Acknowledgements
Erratum: It has come to the attention of the publisher that the article, Do, H.T.K. (2023), “How do business educators prepare students better about ethical decision-making?”, Journal of International Education in Business, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIEB-02-2022-0013, repeated text in the acknowledgment section. This error was introduced in the editorial process and has now been corrected in the online version. The publisher sincerely apologises for this error and for any inconvenience caused.
The author would like to express deepest appreciation to Professor Chee Chuong Sum, former Professor at the Design and Specialised Business Cluster, Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT), for his valuable advice and for his encouragement as well.
Citation
Do, H.T.K. (2023), "How do business educators prepare students better about ethical decision-making?", Journal of International Education in Business, Vol. 16 No. 3, pp. 266-279. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIEB-02-2022-0013
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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