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- Kavathatzopoulos, Iordanis
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Development of a cognitive skill in solving business ethics problems : The effect of instruction
- 1993
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Ingår i: Journal of Business Ethics. - 0167-4544 .- 1573-0697. ; 12:5, s. 379-386
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Education in business ethics focuses mainly on the improvement of ethical awareness, on philosophical issues, or on the transfer of moral content. However, serious problems with the effectiveness of these methods have been reported. In line with the psychological theories of Piaget, Vygotsky and Kohlberg, and in order to avoid the above problems, the educational effort in the present study was concentrated on the stimulation of development of the underlying autonomous cognitive ability to solve moral problems. Adults were trained to solve business ethics problems according to the autonomous function. The problems were presented in the form of moral conflicts introduced by hypothetical stories. The results showed that simple instructions were sufficient to promote a significant shift in the subjects' mode of solving the problems towards the autonomous moral function. Both the educational method and the test device are promising. Issues concerning the scoring instrument as well as questions about the transfer and application of the cognitive skill in real situations are discussed.
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- Kavathatzopoulos, Iordanis
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Training professional managers in decision-making about real life business ethics problems : The acquisition of the autonomous problem-solving skill
- 1994
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Ingår i: Journal of Business Ethics. - 0167-4544 .- 1573-0697. ; 13:5, s. 379-386
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the present study business managers in Kabi Pharmacia Company were trained in the use of the autonomous method in their decision-making about solving real life business ethics problems. According to the psychological theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, and Kohlberg, it is possible to promote the acquisition of the autonomous ethical skill by instruction and training. Indeed, participation in a one-day educational programme which focused on the training of the autonomous cognitive ability and not on the transfer of moral content, was sufficient to provide a shift in the mode of decision-making about business ethics problems towards the autonomous ethical function. This change was still stable one month later. A test was constructed by items representing current business ethics conflicts in order to assess ethical function.
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