Students’ perceptions towards business ethics
Business Ethics is one of university required courses for students of Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, IIUM. Since the course is compulsory, students have no other options. The study aims to evaluate the perceptions of current Business Ethics students towards Business Ethics whether...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/22693/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22693/1/250-251.pdf |
| Summary: | Business Ethics is one of university required courses for students of Kulliyyah of Economics and
Management Sciences, IIUM. Since the course is compulsory, students have no other options. The study
aims to evaluate the perceptions of current Business Ethics students towards Business Ethics whether they
will enroll in this subject if it is just an elective course. An opinion survey with 109 Business Ethics
students showed that 105 students (96%) will enroll into this course even in the case the subject is
reclassified as an elective course. Moreover, almost all respondents have a very good knowledge about
the importance of ethics in life and business. Academically, they believed by studying Business Ethics
formally, they can acquire knowledge about ethics from various perspectives and sources through
assignments and examinations. Such exposure will help them to make sound, ethical and value added
decisions for personal as well as for others. However, four respondents have decided not to enroll in this
subject because they believed that ethics can be learnt through experience and action oriented. In addition,
ethical values are derived from personal values. For future research, the study should be extended to
former Business Ethics who used to learn the course to validate the opinions of current Business Ethics
students. Moreover, the future study also should obtain views from the course instructors of Business
Ethics of all public universities in Malaysia. |
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