Ethical Sensitivity of College Students in a Developing Country: Do Demographic Factors Matter?

This study investigates whether college students' ethical sensitivity and preferences for inclusion of ethics courses in their curriculum vary by their demographic characteristics such as gender, age, family income, and school status as to college major, grade and school ownership (state/privat...

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Published in:Journal of teaching in international business 2007-01, Vol.19 (1), p.83-99
Main Authors: Ozdogan, F. Bahar, Eser, Zeliha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Business education
college major
College Students
Curricula
Demographics
Demography
Developing countries
Developing Nations
Ethical sensitivity
Ethics
ethics courses
Family Income
Foreign Countries
gender
Gender Differences
International relations
LDCs
Majors (Students)
Student Characteristics
Studies
Turkey
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Summary:This study investigates whether college students' ethical sensitivity and preferences for inclusion of ethics courses in their curriculum vary by their demographic characteristics such as gender, age, family income, and school status as to college major, grade and school ownership (state/private). Findings are based on responses to a 54-item questionnaire administered in Turkey to 677 college students of various grades (sophomores, juniors and seniors) in various majors, namely, Business Administration, Tourism Administration, Finance & Accounting, Economics, Econometrics, International Relations, Political Sciences and Public Administration. Results reveal significant differences in ethical sensitivity only by gender and college major. Female students have higher ethical sensitivity than their male counterparts. Business students have lower ethical sensitivity than students in other majors. However, students demonstrate no significant difference in ethical sensitivity by age, school grade, family income or school ownership status. Having had an ethics course has led to no significant difference in ethical sensitivity either. As a further note, students with higher ethical sensitivity prefer inclusion of a compulsory ethics course in their curriculum whereas those with lower ethical sensitivity tend to keep ethics course away from curriculum.
ISSN:0897-5930
1528-6991
DOI:10.1300/J066v19n01_05