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An Empirical Study of Perception of Management Students in Ethical Values


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The rationale of education is not only to impart knowledge or enhance skills or provide academic inputs but also to inculcate ethical values. It is important to understand and recognize the essential moral/ethical values present, especially in the behavior we reinforce and the virtues we promote every day. By ignoring the moral/ethical contents educators may shirk with their responsibility. The purpose of this research is to examine the MBA students' perception on ethical values. A survey through questionnaire was administered to the students of MBA.
The purpose of this research is to examine the MBA students' perception of ethics using four factors: (1) the importance of ethics; (2) student's attitude towards cheating; (3) the impact of education and faculty on ethics; (4) the ethical campus environment. A survey through questionnaire was distributed to students of ATC Campus, faculty of MBA, Chass, Ahmednagar.
There was sufficient evidence to conclude that students admitted ethics is very important to them and that they hold themselves to the same ethical standards that they hold others to. Students' attitude towards cheating is measured by their perception of cheating in high schools and colleges. Students tend to cheat less in colleges than high schools. Students also stated that they do not feel compelled to report cheaters to the proper authority. Further, such students' perceive ethics education, and those who teach it, to be relevant and beneficial in shaping their own ethical behaviors. Finally, college students believe that they are living in an ethical campus environment where their faculty members are mostly ethical in nature and that it is never too late to learn about ethics. The study was a result of today's need for ethical behaviors in education and evaluation. Here author has focused on finding the relationships between ethics and MBA examinations and found that business ethics subject has to be included in their curriculum.

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Business Ethics, Perception of Ethics, Institution Ethics, Unethical Behavior, Student Ethics, Attitude.
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Rupali Jadhav
Adsul Technical Campus, Chass, Ahmednagar, India

Abstract


The rationale of education is not only to impart knowledge or enhance skills or provide academic inputs but also to inculcate ethical values. It is important to understand and recognize the essential moral/ethical values present, especially in the behavior we reinforce and the virtues we promote every day. By ignoring the moral/ethical contents educators may shirk with their responsibility. The purpose of this research is to examine the MBA students' perception on ethical values. A survey through questionnaire was administered to the students of MBA.
The purpose of this research is to examine the MBA students' perception of ethics using four factors: (1) the importance of ethics; (2) student's attitude towards cheating; (3) the impact of education and faculty on ethics; (4) the ethical campus environment. A survey through questionnaire was distributed to students of ATC Campus, faculty of MBA, Chass, Ahmednagar.
There was sufficient evidence to conclude that students admitted ethics is very important to them and that they hold themselves to the same ethical standards that they hold others to. Students' attitude towards cheating is measured by their perception of cheating in high schools and colleges. Students tend to cheat less in colleges than high schools. Students also stated that they do not feel compelled to report cheaters to the proper authority. Further, such students' perceive ethics education, and those who teach it, to be relevant and beneficial in shaping their own ethical behaviors. Finally, college students believe that they are living in an ethical campus environment where their faculty members are mostly ethical in nature and that it is never too late to learn about ethics. The study was a result of today's need for ethical behaviors in education and evaluation. Here author has focused on finding the relationships between ethics and MBA examinations and found that business ethics subject has to be included in their curriculum.

Keywords


Business Ethics, Perception of Ethics, Institution Ethics, Unethical Behavior, Student Ethics, Attitude.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21904/weken%2F2017%2Fv2%2Fi2%2F120600