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Building Ethical Leaders: A Way to Integrate and Assess Ethics Education

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  • Ann Dzuranin
  • Rebecca Shortridge
  • Pamela Smith

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The Building Ethical Leaders using an Integrated Ethics Framework (BELIEF) Program was introduced in 2006 at the Northern Illinois University College of Business. The Program was developed to support two learning objectives: (1) increase students’ awareness of ethical issues and (2) strengthen their decision-making abilities regarding these ethical issues. This article provides an overview of the development and integration of this Program. We also provide assessment data on our two learning objectives. The assessment measures improvement from 2005, before the implementation of the program, to all of the post-year measures. Thus, the BELIEF Program appears to enhance our students’ ability to recognize issues and identify appropriate decision alternatives. We hope that the description of the components of BELIEF will aid other schools as they integrate ethics into their curriculum. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013

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  • Ann Dzuranin & Rebecca Shortridge & Pamela Smith, 2013. "Building Ethical Leaders: A Way to Integrate and Assess Ethics Education," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 115(1), pages 101-114, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:115:y:2013:i:1:p:101-114
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1371-x
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