Gauging the Ethicality of Students in Turkish Institutions of Higher Education

We investigated the ethical behavior of Turkish university students to (a) compare the difference in ethical behavior between business students and non-business students, (b) examine the impact of key contingency variables on how they make decisions when confronted with an ethical dilemma, and (c) i...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics 2017-04, Vol.142 (1), p.185-197
Main Authors: Beekun, Rafik I., Alayoğlu, Nihat, Öztürk, Ali Osman, Babacan, Mehmet, Westerman, James W.
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Attitudes
Business
Business and Management
Business education
Business Ethics
Cheating
College campuses
College students
Colleges & universities
Comparative analysis
Corruption
Decision making
Education
Education policy
Ethics
Foreign investment
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Higher education
Management
Marital status
Peer relationships
Peers
Per capita
Philosophy
Quality of Life Research
Student behavior
Studies
Turkey
University students
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subjects Attitudes
Business
Business and Management
Business education
Business Ethics
Cheating
College campuses
College students
Colleges & universities
Comparative analysis
Corruption
Decision making
Education
Education policy
Ethics
Foreign investment
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Higher education
Management
Marital status
Peer relationships
Peers
Per capita
Philosophy
Quality of Life Research
Student behavior
Studies
Turkey
University students
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