An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Business Ethics Training

A student sample in various business courses was used to investigate whether general business training and ethics instruction affect students' ethical decision making and moral development. Multivariate tests examined the main effects of business ethics training and other relevant variables on students' ethical reasoning. Results suggest ethics training makes a difference on ethical reasoning. As a variety of variables were tested, main effects of business education on ethical responses were not uniform. The study revealed the multifaceted nature of ethics and calls for a comprehensive rather than a simplistic yes/по evaluation of ethics training.