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"Don't try to teach me, I got nothing to learn": Management students' perceptions of business ethics teaching

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Tormo-Carbó, G.; Oltra, V.; Klimkiewicz, K.; Seguí-Mas, E. (2019). "Don't try to teach me, I got nothing to learn": Management students' perceptions of business ethics teaching. Business Ethics: A European Review. 28(4):506-528. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12236

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Title: "Don't try to teach me, I got nothing to learn": Management students' perceptions of business ethics teaching
Author: Tormo-Carbó, Guillermina Oltra, Victor Klimkiewicz, Katarzyna Seguí-Mas, Elies
UPV Unit: Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Economía y Ciencias Sociales - Departament d'Economia i Ciències Socials
Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Organización de Empresas - Departament d'Organització d'Empreses
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[EN] Interest is growing towards including business ethics in university curricula, aiming at improving ethical behaviour of future managers. Extant literature has investigated the impact of ethics education on different ...[+]
Subjects: Business ethics , Students ethical perceptions , Ethics teaching , Management students , Social desirability
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Business Ethics: A European Review. (issn: 0962-8770 )
DOI: 10.1111/beer.12236
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Blackwell Publishing
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12236
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