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Teaching Business Ethics: Making it Personal

KEYWORDS: ethics, ethical decision making, business education, reflective learning

The students of today have witnessed a cascade of unethical and unlawful business behavior, ranging from insider trading to credit card meltdown and governance misbehavior. While students indicate that ethical training is essential and should be expected as part of a complete education, there is much debate as to how ethics should be taught. In this workshop we introduce the Reflective Ethics in Action portfolio project as a vehicle to engage students in exploration and reflection concerning their personal ethical values and how they relate to ethical behavior in the professional arena.

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