Teaching business ethics: The effectiveness of common pedagogical practices in developing students' moral judgment competence

Ethics and Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-280

  Bosco, Susan M ^a   Melchar, David E ^a   Beauvais, Laura L ^b   Desplaces, David E ^c  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c School of Business and Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Business education; Ethics; Moral competence; Moral judgment competence; Moral reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960621227     PISSN: 17449642     EISSN: 17449650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449642.2010.533049     Document Type: Article

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