Title
The ethical attitudes of students as a function of age, sex and experience
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1992
Abstract
In this paper, we explore whether the ethical positions of students are firmly entrenched when they enter college, or do they change due to maturity, experience to ethical discussions in coursework, work experience, or a combination of factors. This study compared the ethical attitudes of freshmen and junior accounting majors, and graduate MBA students when confronted with two ethical dilemmas. Undergraduates were found to be more justice oriented than their MBA counterparts, who were more utilitarian in their ethical approach. While males tended to be more utilitarian, they were also more tentative and neutral in their responses. Females expressed more definite ethical positions than males when assessing specific ethical behaviors. Prior exposure to ethics via coursework or employment did not significantly affect ethical attitudes.
Language
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00871962
Recommended Citation
Borkowski, Susan C. and Ugras, Yusuf Joseph, "The ethical attitudes of students as a function of age, sex and experience" (1992). Department of Accounting Faculty Work. 21.
https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/accounting_faculty/21
Comments
This article is the authors' final published version in Journal of Business Ethics, Volume 11, December 1992, Pages 961-979.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00871962. Copyright © Springer Nature