Ethics Education among HKUST Business School Undergraduate

Project Title

Ethics Education among HKUST Business School Undergraduate

Project Leader

Prof Melody Chao; Prof Jiing-lih Farh

School / Dept

SBM / MGMT

Project Duration

Aug 2013 – Feb 2016

Project Description

This project is a longitudinal study that aims to examine how ethics education and university experiences contribute to the development of the students’ professional and ethical responsibility, as well as their career success upon graduation. In this project, focus groups and large scale surveys will be conducted to

1. identify and validate an assessment tool kit for measuring students’ personal value,
2. document the development and changes in value endorsement of the students through a longitudinal design,
3. identify factors (e.g., activities or experiences) that are conducive to the development of student’s personal reflection ability, and
4. provide suggestions to improve ethics education.

Project Outcome

1. Ethics education enhanced students' understanding of their professional and ethical responsibility through fostering critical reflection on their personal values, judgements, and decision-making processes.
2. Identified and adopted a set of personal reflection exercises that can be used to help students reflect on their personal value and decision-making processes and to facilitate discussions about how personal values and judgement processes shape individuals' attitudes toward real life business practices and social issues (e.g. personal privacy, gay rights, diversity policies, etc.).
3. Fostered personal reflection and critical thinking.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report

Adaptation

Full Project