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Business Student Perception Towards Ethics:An Exploratory Study


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In regard to ethics and values, nowadays corporate scenario also demands business ethics which will guide the emerging professionals to exercise this ethical domain in their professional lives. The children of present generation do not know about their culture, traditions, values, ethics etc. This is one of the reasons why the content related to ethics and values is included in the curriculum of their professional studies.

The objective of the present paper is to study the perception of business students regarding ethics and values. The role of ethics and values in a student's life is very important as it strongly affects their future, career, growth, professional behaviour and helps them learn how to tackle ethical dilemmas in personal and professional life. The data for the study had been collected from the undergraduate (commerce, management, engineering, arts, and science) and postgraduate (commerce, management, engineering, arts, and science) students of the private university situated in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The collected data was analysed with the help of statistical technique such as factor analysis, T-test and regression analysis. The results revealed that awareness about ethics and values is an important factor accessed by all the respondents of the study.

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Perception, Ethics, Values, Students, Professional, Culture.
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Authors

Pallavi
GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
Arun Kaushal
GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


In regard to ethics and values, nowadays corporate scenario also demands business ethics which will guide the emerging professionals to exercise this ethical domain in their professional lives. The children of present generation do not know about their culture, traditions, values, ethics etc. This is one of the reasons why the content related to ethics and values is included in the curriculum of their professional studies.

The objective of the present paper is to study the perception of business students regarding ethics and values. The role of ethics and values in a student's life is very important as it strongly affects their future, career, growth, professional behaviour and helps them learn how to tackle ethical dilemmas in personal and professional life. The data for the study had been collected from the undergraduate (commerce, management, engineering, arts, and science) and postgraduate (commerce, management, engineering, arts, and science) students of the private university situated in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The collected data was analysed with the help of statistical technique such as factor analysis, T-test and regression analysis. The results revealed that awareness about ethics and values is an important factor accessed by all the respondents of the study.

Keywords


Perception, Ethics, Values, Students, Professional, Culture.

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