Although students may hold different ethical values, change can be enforced if there is the will to change.
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Allen Yuan
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clairepourbaix
Walmart’s unethical behaviour in order to keep prices low.
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alilamei
An effective solution to training business students would lie in making sure they understand the full implications of their actions
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Xuning Zhu
Schools can teach students to be ethical, but students’ nature is kind of hard to be changed.
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vivianleung
I think you can teach business ethics but whether the students follow through with the ethical decisions in future depends on individual
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wesleyhong
I don’t think it can be taught via textbook. We should implement real work experience in order to show them how it works in reality.
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jpoon
Much like anti-homophobia has been successfully instilled in children and students this past decade, business ethics can be taught as well.
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Alumni
Although moral values may differ between individuals, certain regulations and laws are teachable to students in business schools.
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vivianleung
I think you can teach business ethics to students but whether the students follow through with making the ethical decisions in future depends on each individual
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Jiaxin Fang
Usually business ethics is just one chapter in the book,so students need to be often reminded of the importance to be ethical.
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Jiaqi ZHAI
Schools can introduce the idea of making ethical decisions while teaching. But whether it works really depend on students themselves.
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starrdan
I think that you need to face an ethical dilemma in life in order to learn the value of ethics, it’s not taught in business school.
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kelvinchan
Ethics provide a right direction and it gives people a long term benefit on success. They can be taught and should be taught.
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Q
Separation between a Person’s Work and Life. As a member of the firm, a manager must be able to make tough decisions for a firm.
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Kiki Jiang
It varies through different personalities and how the individuals were raised. Some people are capable of changing as others may not be.
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katbhuynh
Show them real life situations like the story of one single worker after being laid off and teach them how to value every single individual
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daweiw
Business ethics can be taught,but only to some extent. Many values lie within one’s personality, and the way we were raised.
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Alexandra Tanaka
We can teach what is ethical and what is not, but it is up to the students to make the decision to follow their personal beliefs
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Peter Wang
We learn it’s more effective to teach student if business schools can provide case practices that involves ethical issues in real life.
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jiaxinlyu
I think that it might a little bit difficult for teaching students to be ethical now, but we can and we do need to work on it.
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hovictor
Ethics are subjective. You can teach people what you believe is right or wrong, but you cannot change their opinion on if you are correct.
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kamilkhan
There is no choice between “success” and “ethics.” In fact, more often than not, they go hand in hand.
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jaehsong
We can influence business students to be ethical, but it is ultimately up to the students whether to act right or wrong.
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Allen Yuan
Business students can be trained to be ethical through a more critical analysis of the implications of decisions made with profit in mind.
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bryanj42
In the end, businesses should do what they need to survive. the question then becomes: is survival ethical?
– Bryan Jiang and Henry Bian
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Aaron Lattimer
Teaching and engaging students with real world examples, to learn how to explore cultural ethics and morals.
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michaelwctam
Students go to business school to be successful. When ethics come in conflict with success, a choice has to be made.
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Sara Da
Train business students to be ethical by teaching not only the numbers, but also emphasize more on the ethical issues. -with jessica
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joaohgb
You can teach students by placing them in a situation where an unethical decisions could possibly lead to consequences.
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jiyadassan
We learned that ethics are not directly implemented in classroom projects and ethics do not come naturally to students.
jiyadassan 11:17 am on September 12, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply
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