Examining the Effects of Incremental Case Presentation and Forecasting Outcomes on Case-Based Ethics Instruction

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 126-150

  MacDougall, Alexandra E ^a   Harkrider, Lauren N ^b   Bagdasarov, Zhanna ^a   Johnson, James F ^a   Thiel, Chase E ^c   Peacock, Juandre ^a   Mumford, Michael D ^a   Devenport, Lynn D ^a   Connelly, Shane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

^c Management Department   (United States)

Author keywords

case based learning; ethical decision making; forecasting outcomes; incremental case presentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893379480     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2013.824819     Document Type: Article

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