The Effectiveness of Ethics Training on the Development of Moral Judgement in Finance Students

Kovacevic, A; Hambusch, G; Michayluk, D; Van de Venter, T

The Effectiveness of Ethics Training on the Development of Moral Judgement in Finance Students

Kovacevic, A Hambusch, G

Michayluk, D

Van de Venter, T

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Citation:: Australasian Journal of Economics Education, 2016, 13 (2), pp. 1 - 31
Issue Date:: 2016

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dc.contributor.author	Kovacevic, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hambusch, G https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4289-4279	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Michayluk, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9020-0855	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Van de Venter, T	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australasian Journal of Economics Education, 2016, 13 (2), pp. 1 - 31	en_US
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dc.description.abstract	This paper reports on the effects of a freestanding ethics course in a university finance curriculum on the moral development of students. While a number of studies have examined the effects of such educational initiatives on business and accounting students, very few studies have focused on the finance discipline. A Modified Defining Issues Test (MDIT) was thus developed and used in a test-retest methodology to examine whether students in the Ethics in Finance course at the UTS Business School possessed enhanced moral development after taking the course. We find evidence of a statistically significant improvement in moral reasoning understood from a Kohlbergian perspective. This effect was, however, more pronounced in males than females with females beginning from a higher base of moral development and improving only slightly. While a number of suggestions are made for future research that might improve on the work reported in this paper, our results justify t	en_US
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This paper reports on the effects of a freestanding ethics course in a university finance curriculum on the moral development of students. While a number of studies have examined the effects of such educational initiatives on business and accounting students, very few studies have focused on the finance discipline. A Modified Defining Issues Test (MDIT) was thus developed and used in a test-retest methodology to examine whether students in the Ethics in Finance course at the UTS Business School possessed enhanced moral development after taking the course. We find evidence of a statistically significant improvement in moral reasoning understood from a Kohlbergian perspective. This effect was, however, more pronounced in males than females with females beginning from a higher base of moral development and improving only slightly. While a number of suggestions are made for future research that might improve on the work reported in this paper, our results justify t

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