Abstract
This paper highlights an original role-play exercise designed to teach students about the principles of ethical decision making. The exercise intends to create hypothetical ethical dilemmas that managers may encounter in their jobs, and challenges the students to apply the principles of ethical decision making to reach a solution in each case. This exercise is ideal for use by instructors of introductory courses such as principles of management, introduction to business or graduate level business administration concepts, or any class session with a primary focus on ethical decision making. We present a description of the exercise and suggestions on how to debrief it. The exercise also provides students with an opportunity to ponder their ethical values and complexities associated with the manager’s position in a company.
Highlights
Ethics is one the most pressing issues in the society today
Research has demonstrated that small group discussion, short written exercises, think-pair-share activities, debates, role-playing, and polling are all part of active learning pedagogies that faculty members use in the classroom (Bonwell & Eison, 1991; Cadotte, 1995)
Students should be able to: o Identity the principles of ethical decision making o Recognize challenges associated with ethical decision making o Apply ethical decision making principles to solve a dilemma
Summary
There have been many controversies recently in the corporate sectors such as: insider trading at Equifax, wrongdoings by Volkswagen, Bill O’Reilly scandal at Fox News, and Apple’s questionable action of slowing down older iPhones (Shen, 2017). These fiascos have reemphasized the needs to instill ethical decision making in managers. Learners experience a constrained environment during lectures to develop their managerial skills and understand the application of their knowledge to the real-world (Farashahi & Tajeddin, 2018). The core elements of active learning are student activity and engagement in the learning process
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