A Content Analysis on the Role of Ethics in the Business Curriculum

The renewed emphasis on teaching organizational ethics, corporate social responsibility, and the ethical orientation of the individual business manager has thus served to promote vigorous discussion (among both business leaders and academicians) as to how these topics should be covered in the Business Curriculum. The purpose of the current exploratory study was to assess the state of business ethics education provided in core programs at business schools across the United States. The authors discuss the results and implications of the findings.