Teaching Business Ethics with Management and Marketing Games

Because of an apparent decrease in the business world's sense of ethics and an increase in illegal activities by many executives, America's business schools have taken steps to correct the situation through the education process. Management games, which are played in many schools and simul...

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Published in:Simulation & gaming 1998-03, Vol.29 (1), p.44-59
Main Authors: Wolfe, Joseph, Fritzsche, David J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business education
Business ethics
Business schools
Campaign contributions
Computer simulation
Criminals
Curricula
Education
Ethics
Executives
Expected utility
Flight Training
Game theory
Games
Homicide
Kickbacks
Management
Management games
Management science
Market shares
Marketing
Microeconomics
Moral Development
Negligence
Simulation
Social responsibility
Strategic management
Students
Study and teaching
Teaching
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Summary:Because of an apparent decrease in the business world's sense of ethics and an increase in illegal activities by many executives, America's business schools have taken steps to correct the situation through the education process. Management games, which are played in many schools and simulate the types of competitive conditions faced by real-world executives, may be useful devices for teaching ethics and helping managers to deal with the moral and ethical dilemmas they will face in their careers. A review of the games available, however, reveals that few directly deal with ethical issues or punish firms for engaging in illegal activities within their simulation models. Because of this general deficiency, this article describes how vignettes created by the game administrator can correct these inadequacies.
ISSN:1046-8781
1552-826X
DOI:10.1177/1046878198291005