Professional Ethics Education Research Articles

A new approach to business ethics education: Virtual reality-based flipped learning

Paying attention to business ethics and educating ethical leaders and employees can impact organizational performance. Effective professional ethics education and learning can prevent administrative corruption, embezzlement and fraud in organizations. On the other hand, the development of digital technologies has created transformations in educational processes and methods. Evaluating the effectiveness of innovative teaching methods will greatly help the learning process of individuals and educational planning of business schools. Flipped learning is an educational approach in which students learn about course content before class. Accordingly, the aim of this research is to evaluate the impact of virtual reality (VR)-based flipped learning compared to the traditional method of teaching business ethics. This study was applied and quasi-experimental. Among business students of Shiraz University, 135 people were randomly divided into three groups. The first experimental group underwent training with the flipped learning method based on VR and the second experimental group underwent training with the traditional method and the third group was the control group. The control group didn't receive training and was selected only for the purpose of comparison with experimental groups. Pretest and posttest designs were used and the results of the three groups were compared using the Tukey test. The results showed that the two groups that received business ethics education had a significant difference compared to the control group. An important finding of this study revealed that among the two teaching methods, VR-based flipped learning had a greater impact on students' business ethics compared to the traditional teacher-centered approach. Accordingly, university managers and business ethics course instructors can facilitate the learning process using VR-based flipped learning. Designing simulation software for ethical scenarios is also a suitable solution for teaching business ethics.

Ethical Exploration of Teacher Professional Ethics and Education Quality Assurance

Ethical Exploration of Teacher Professional Ethics and Education Quality Assurance

Program Development for Enhancing Teachers’ Competencies in Teaching Railway Control and Maintenance in Vocational Colleges under the Office of Vocational Education Commission

Teacher competency is crucial for the quality development of learners. Teachers with high competence in learning management will result in high-quality learners. This research aims 1) to study the components and indicators of teachers’ competency in teaching railway control and maintenance. 2) to study current conditions, desirable conditions, methods of development, and needs for the development of teachers’ competency in teaching railway control and maintenance. 3) to design and develop a teachers’ competency-enhancing program in teaching railway control and maintenance, and 4) to study the results of implementing the teacher competency-enhancing program in teaching railway control and maintenance. The methodology was research and development conducted in 4 Phases as follows according to the objectives. The results showed that 1) Components and indicators of teachers’ competency in teaching railway control and maintenance have 5 components, and 17 indicators, confirmed by experts, are appropriate at the highest level. 2) Current condition, teachers’ competency in teaching railway control and maintenance, overall was moderate level. The desirable condition, overall was at the highest level. Competency development methods consist of (a) Training, (b) Self-learning, (c) Workshops, (d) Study visits, and (e) Work practice in the workplace, and the priorities of the needs for competency development, including (a) Self-development, (b) Ethics and professional ethics of teachers, (c) Measurement and evaluation of learning outcomes, (d) Curriculum administration and learning management, and (d) Building relationships and cooperation with the community for learning management, respectively. 3) Teachers’ Competency Enhancing Program in Teaching Railway Control and Maintenance consists of (a) Principles, (b) Objectives, (c) Model and development methods, (d) Contents and developing activities consisting of 5 Modules, and (e) Measurement and Evaluation. The result of the program evaluation by qualified experts was appropriate, utility, and possibility at the highest level. 4) The results of implementing the teachers’ competency-enhancing program in teaching railway control and maintenance were used. It was found that (a) knowledge of teacher competency in teaching railway control and maintenance before development received an average score of 17.70 out of 30, representing 58.99% after development, receiving an average score of 25.90, representing 86.33%. Knowledge after development was higher than before development. (b) Teachers’ competencies and overall performance before development were at a moderate level. After development was at the highest level, and (c) the results of the program satisfaction assessment by participants overall and all aspects are at the highest level.

Research on the training path of Chinese foreign-related lawyers from an international perspective

With the economic globalization and the internationalization of the legal service market,the professional quality and international perspective of foreign-related lawyers have become important standards for measuring the level of a country’s legal services. This article aims to systematically study the training path for foreign-related lawyers in China, analyze the challenges and shortcomings of the current training model, and propose a new path for training foreign-related lawyers that adapts to Chinese characteristics based on the experience of training. First, the article explores the background and motivations for training foreign-related lawyers in China. With the globalization of China’s economy and the advancement of national strategies such as the “One Belt, One Road” initiative, Chinese companies have become more active on the international stage. In this context, it is particularly urgent to cultivate foreign-related lawyers with international vision and professional capabilities. In addition, the rapid changes in the international legal services market have also placed higher professional and skill requirements on foreign-related lawyers. Then, the article further analyzes the main challenges faced by the cultivation of foreign-related lawyers in China, including the high barriers to entry in the international legal service market, the disconnect between domestic legal education and practice, and the difficulties in cross-cultural.Furthermore,this article examines the British lawyer training model in detail. This model provides important inspiration for the training of foreign-related lawyers in China, especially in terms of professional practice ability training and professional ethics education. Finally, the article puts forward strategies for building a new path for cultivating foreign-related lawyers in China. It is recommended to be guided by the country’s foreign-related legal strategy, strengthen the dual education of legal professional ethics, focus on the close integration of legal education and practical work, and cultivate special talents who are proficient in the laws, cultures and languages of different countries. These measures will help enhance the international competitiveness of China’s foreign-related lawyers and better serve the country’s opening up and international cooperation.

TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVES ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

This research paper attempts to study school teachers' perspectives on the professional ethics required of them. The authors mainly studied the awareness and understanding of teachers on some essential professional ethics. It has been found that teachers are confronted with many moral issues while discharging their responsibilities and in decision-making. The paper's significant findings highlighted the need for a professional code of conduct for teachers considering policy perspectives that guide them in discharging their duties as teachers. The paper highlighted the need to incorporate the ethics curriculum in pre-service and in-service teacher education programmes, which is essential to empower them and support them to understand their role as professionals. The study further emphasises the need to develop a framework on professional ethics for teachers and use the developed framework during their professional development programmes at different levels.

Research on the Application Strategy of Medical Students’ Professional Ethics Education in the Perspective of the Construction of a Healthy China

Research on the Application Strategy of Medical Students’ Professional Ethics Education in the Perspective of the Construction of a Healthy China

The best of two worlds: Multidisciplinary co-teaching of legal ethics

AbstractHungarian legal education is rarely discussed from a pedagogic perspective, especially in English. This paper would like to fill a gap in the academic literature on this topic by presenting a unique multidisciplinary co-teaching initiative, aiming to mix ‘the best of two worlds’: developing a legal ethics course which is an amalgam of philosophical/theoretical and legal/practical elements. Describing how a compulsory Legal Ethics course was delivered at the István Széchenyi University of Győr in a case study format, the main aim of the authors is to contribute to the international academic discourse on law school pedagogy in general, and on legal ethics education in particular. First, we provide an overview of professional ethics education in law schools, focusing on the origins of the course in the United States of America. Then, after a review of the academic literature on multidisciplinary co-teaching, the context of this Legal Ethics course is presented: the situation of legal ethics education in the Hungarian law curriculum. Then the course particulars, especially the content and the assessment, will be described in detail, based on the personal experiences and observations of the authors.

Ethical Concepts in the Tao Te Ching and Professional Ethics Education: Principles, Challenges, and Opportunities

Ethical Concepts in the Tao Te Ching and Professional Ethics Education: Principles, Challenges, and Opportunities

King Khalid University EFL Students’ Perspectives on Teaching Professional Ethics: A New Ethical Pedagogical Review

This study was carried out to discover King Khalid University EFL students' perspectives on teaching professional ethics from an ethical and pedagogical perspective. To attain the three objectives of the study, the two authors adopted the descriptive survey method because of its suitability. For collecting data, a 15-item questionnaire was distributed to a purposive, randomly selected sample containing 100 male and female EFL students from various colleges of King Khalid University during the first semester of 2023. The findings of this study showed that both male and female participants had a higher number of positive responses concerning teaching professional ethics for teaching and learning. Moreover, the majority of participating EFL students at King Khalid University had a positive perspective on teaching professional ethics in education. It was also apparent that, in the areas of teaching, training and learning, there are various fields of teaching professional ethics. This is due to the significant impact of academic settings of universities in general and King Khalid University in particular on the future of their university students. Moreover, it is both the fundamental role and primary responsibility of universities to offer education that will make communities more urbane. The results of the present study also indicated that the character of EFL staff members which includes self-esteem, presence of mind, intelligence, and level-headedness, adapting based on the ability to adapt lesson plans based on students’ interests, needs, and preferences are the underlying factors that influenced the participants’ perspectives on teaching professional ethics at King Khalid University.

Information Technology Students’ Insights from Their On-The-Job Training: Input to an Internship Manual

This quantitative research utilizing the descriptive-survey design assessed the on-the-job training performance of the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) students. Ninety-four students have completed their on-the-job training in school year 2017-2018 and have participated in the study. The data were collected using a survey questionnaire and descriptively treated using frequency, percentage, and weighted mean. In addition, the qualitative part of the post-evaluation survey form was treated using thematic analysis. The study revealed the following: the partner-company organization is related to the student’s specialization as they utilized IT-based software and assigned tasks related to information technology. Student trainees were able to develop their communication skills while mobile application development skills were identified as the least. OJT students also identified Professional Ethics and Values Education for IT, Multimedia Systems, Operating Systems as well as Oral Communication, Fundamentals of Grammar, and Presentation Skills and Technical Writing as the most relevant subject courses; and they perceived doing work not related to information technology, extended OJT, overtime, and certain provision of existing manual as problems. The researchers concluded that the BSIT Internship manual when implemented can effectively improve their field work performance

The Dilemma and Breakthrough of Professional Ethics Education for Higher Vocational Accounting Professionals in the Internet Era

Abstract With the development of the Internet, people are more and more pursuing the high-quality development of society, and the cultivation of high-quality talents is also more and more important. Aiming at the dilemma of professional ethics of senior accounting professionals, this paper introduces generator and discriminator structure based on a deep clustering algorithm and constructs a double autocoding deep embedded clustering model, i.e. DADEC model. After completing the model construction, iterative optimization of the clustering center is carried out by combining the small batch stochastic gradient descent and backpropagation algorithms to reduce the clustering loss. The optimized model is utilized in the professional ethics education of senior accounting professionals to categorize their dilemmas and explore breakthrough strategies. The results show that the perceptions of accounting majors in 15 higher vocational colleges and universities in terms of ethical knowledge, sense of professional dedication, professional ethical will, and professional ethical conduct are below 0.6 points. The mean value of the classroom effect of professional ethics education is 0.588, and there is a dilemma between a single teaching form and outdated teaching content. The scores of students in honesty, trustworthiness, love, and dedication are below 60 points. Although there are certain challenges in the current training of senior accounting professionals, the combination of this study points out the direction for overcoming these challenges.

Experience of Knowledge Sharing Among the Teachers in Higher Education

Knowledge sharing experience among teachers in higher education practice is important now a days. This study aims at exploring the experiences of the knowledge-sharing process among teachers in a higher education institution. It highlights teachers' professional experience professionally in knowledge sharing. Social-constructivist perspectives and phenomenological study frameworks are used. Data was collected by conducting in-depth interviews with two people from a college under Tribhuvan University, an institution of higher education. Data were analyzed by coding, creating themes, showing interrelationships, and reasoning. Results show that institutional culture and politics, teacher rewards, beliefs, status, and professional ethics and standards influence decisions to share or withhold knowledge with some teacher colleagues. The outcomes focus on professional conditions, political influences, and incentives all have a significant impact on knowledge sharing, with institutionalized processes and hierarchies affecting the willingness of educators to share expertise. Trust and ethical considerations are also important, with trust and perceptions of ethical standards affecting active involvement and cooperation. This study recommends that knowledge sharing is a productive topic to carry out research in the future.

Analysis and Solution to the Phenomenon of Ethical Violations by Teachers in the School Environment Against Students

This research reviews the phenomenon of violations of teacher professional ethics, especially cases of sexual violence and harassment against students in 2023. In an effort to understand and analyze these cases, a descriptive research method was used by collecting data from various news sources. The results of the analysis revealed that these violations affected many children and had a serious impact on the educational environment. Success in preventing and dealing with cases like this requires understanding the teacher code of ethics, training, and the need for joint efforts from various related parties

Research on the Integration of Ideological and Political Education into Auditing Curriculum in the Era of Digital Intelligence

In the era of digital intelligence, economic development imposes increasingly higher professional requirements on financial and auditing professionals. and their civil, administrative and criminal responsibilities have also been significantly increased. In the training of talents, more attention should be paid to the education of business ethics, professional ethics and correct values. The goal of ideological and political teaching of auditing course is high and the task is arduous. Only by fully exploring ideological and political materials, fine designing teaching process and adopting diversified teaching methods can we achieve the expected teaching effect. Based on the requirements of relevant laws and regulations and auditing standards for auditing profession in China, this paper combines the characteristics and contents of auditing curriculum, guides students to pursue value and cultivate professional spirit, and integrates ideals and beliefs, patriotic feelings, scientific spirit and professional ethics education into the whole teaching process.

Solutions to improve the quality of professional ethics for students of preschool education in the path of fundamental and comprehensive renovation of education and training in Vietnam

Over the past time, with the attention of the whole political and social system, at all levels and sectors, which is directly the education sector, the quality of education and training in Vietnam has been gradually improved, educational activities have been gradually improved. education has achieved many achievements. In the system of educational levels, preschool education is the first level of education for children, laying the foundation for physical, thinking, intellectual, emotional, and aesthetic development. adapt, get used to their own reflexes and awareness of their lives. In the current context of Vietnam, professional ethics for students of preschool education plays an important role, contributing to determining the quality and effectiveness of pedagogical activities and improving the quality of education and training make an important contribution to the development of high-quality human resources for Vietnam in the future. The article presents and analyzes basic solutions to improve the quality of professional ethics for students in preschool education in the current roadmap of fundamental and comprehensive renovation of education and training in Vietnam today. The results show that the current preschool education program in Vietnam still revolves around the goals related to helping children perceive, helping children develop language, helping children develop physically and educating children in spiritual life. child god. Regarding professional ethics education activities for students of early childhood education in the current period, there are still some shortcomings. Solutions to improve the quality of professional ethics for students of early childhood education in the roadmap of fundamental and comprehensive renovation of education and training in Vietnam in the coming time, which the article focuses on, is to improve raise awareness and responsibilities of leaders and managers at all levels; professional ethics education for students of early childhood education through teaching political theory modules and specialized courses related to preschool education; professional ethics education for students of early childhood education through pedagogical practice; promote the role of the Youth Union organization and cultural, artistic, physical training and sports activities. The limitation of the article is that it has not shown and analyzed the orientations and requirements of providing solutions to improve the quality of professional ethics for students of early childhood education in the fundamental innovation roadmap. comprehensive education and training in Vietnam in the current period.

Exploring the Ethics and Responsibilities of Internship Medical Students in the Doctor-Patient Relationship

As the complexity of medical services and the diversity of patients' needs increase, the doctor-patient relationship is facing unprecedented challenges. As an important part of healthcare delivery, the behavior of medical students-in-training directly affects the quality of the doctor-patient relationship and the effectiveness of healthcare delivery. However, medical students-in-training may feel confused and stressed when faced with ethical challenges and professional responsibilities. This has triggered the need for in-depth research on the professional ethics and responsibilities of medical students-in-training in the doctor-patient relationship. This paper proposes several strategies to improve the professional ethics of medical students in internship, including enhancing professional ethics education, training in communication skills, ethics training through simulation and scenario-based teaching, establishing and adhering to clinical practice guidelines, and mentoring and reflection in practice, to promote the growth of medical students in internship, improve the quality of healthcare services, and maintain a good doctor-patient relationship.

Multi-Method Approach of Teaching Professional Ethics to Improve Organizational Commitment and Job Involvement: A Quasi-Experimental Study.

Learning professional ethics can enhance the effectiveness of medical graduates as future health care providers. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of professional ethics education based on a multi-method approach in organizational commitment and job involvement of senior nurse anesthesia students of Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS), Ahvaz, Iran, in 2022. This was a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test post-test design including 64 senior nurse anesthesia students of AJUMS who were selected using census method and randomly divided )using simple random method( into two groups of intervention and control (n = 32 each). For the intervention group, two 5-hour training workshops were held in 2 consecutive weeks using different training methods offered in an integrated manner, while participants in the control group received no education. Finally, the data were collected and analyzed using SPSS version 16, based on Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, paired and independent t-tests, chi-square test, and analysis of covariance. Professional ethics education based on a multi-method approach had a positive effect on the organizational commitment and job involvement of senior nurse anesthesia students. There was a significant difference between the two groups in terms of their job involvement (P=0.005 and F=1.65) and organizational commitment scores (P=0.025 and F=35.56). These findings suggest that professional ethics education based on a multi-method approach can improve job involvement and organizational commitment and its dimensions (normative, continuance, and affective). Teaching professional ethics by explaining the moral virtues of work, business affairs, and code of professional conduct promotes job involvement and organizational commitment of senior nurse anesthesia students.

Problem-based learning versus reflective practice on nursing students’ moral sensitivity

BackgroundMoral sensitivity is one of the prerequisites for nurses’ professional competency and patient care. It is critical to teach professional ethics in a student-centered manner in order to increase students’ moral sensibility. This study evaluated the effects of professional ethics education via problem-based learning and reflective practice on nursing students’ moral sensitivity.MethodsThis experimental study was performed on 74 nursing students who were randomly divided into three groups of problem-based learning, reflective practice and control. Principles of professional ethics were presented for the two intervention groups in four 2-hour sessions using ethical dilemmas scenarios. Participants completed the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire before, immediately, and three months after the intervention. Data were analyzed using SPSS16.ResultsDemographic characteristics of the three groups were similar (p > 0.05). The total moral sensitivity score significantly differed between the groups immediately and three months after the intervention (p < 0.001). The total mean score for moral sensitivity was significantly different between the two groups of problem-based learning and reflective practice, with the mean scores in the problem-based learning group being higher (p = 0.02). The mean score of moral sensitivity decreased statistically significantly in both experimental groups three months after the intervention as compared to immediately after the intervention (p < 0.001).ConclusionNursing students’ moral sensitivity can be increased through reflective practice and problem-based learning. While the results indicated that problem-based learning was more successful than reflective practice, additional research is recommended to confirm the influence of these two strategies on moral sensitivity.

Contemplative practices and teacher professional becoming

ABSTRACT The last decade has witnessed increasing interest in the potential place of contemplative practices (such as mindfulness, meditation and yoga) in education. Regarding the lives and work of teachers, research in this area has focused almost exclusively on mindfulness-based interventions and related outcomes of stress, burnout and wellbeing, neglecting important questions regarding teacher professional identities, ethics and agency. This paper presents findings from an in-depth qualitative study that examined the role of contemplative practices in the professional becoming of seven beginning teachers using research interviews, ethnographic observation and participatory visual methods. The study explored how participants understood, imagined and enacted contemplative practices in their lives as teachers, revealing a complex ecology of personal histories, multiple practices, secular/instrumental and spiritual/transformational aims, the expression of which was mediated by intersecting personal and institutional contexts. Practices of contemplation acted as nodes of stability within the spaces of considerable vulnerability, uncertainty and flux which characterise early experiences of teaching. Specifically, they inflected professional becoming by providing a distinctive telos to teaching activity, making available existential ways of being grounded in calm, compassionate, presence and, for some participants, stimulated radical questioning of the nature of the (teacher) self, itself. These findings add much-needed complexity to debate about the uses of mindfulness and other contemplative practices in education, and provide an important new evidence-base for considering the role of contemplative practices in initial teacher education and professional development.

Development and reform of the curriculum of engineering ethics education in biology and medicine under the background of "new engineering"

The "new engineering" concept requires that in addition to laying a solid professional foundation, engineering colleges and universities in China should also pay attention to improving the humanistic quality and developing a professional ethics education in training the engineering and technical talents. One important way is to carry out the engineering ethics education. By referring to the mature case-teaching ideas around the world and combining the practical experience accumulated in recent years, this paper focuses on the curriculum development and teaching reform of engineering ethics for students studying biological and medical engineering, from the perspectives of case selection and teaching method innovation. It also introduces some typical case studies, and summarizes the teaching effect analyzed from questionnaire.