scholarly journals BUSINESS ETHICS COURSE ON STUDENT MORAL REASONING

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (special) ◽  
pp. 60-68
Author(s):  
Ascaryan Rafinda ◽  
Tímea Gál ◽  
Putri Purwaningtyas
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Manipulation Check ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Ethics Course ◽  
Ethics Courses

This research aims to identify and measure the effectiveness of business ethics courses on student Moral Reasoning. In-depth interview and a pilot test were conducted to examine the understandability of the experimental instrument. Quasi-experimental methods were conducted on students who join a business ethics course. One hundred twenty-two participants were valid from the manipulation check of pre-test and post-test. Paired T-Test was used to test the score between pre-test and post-test. Moral reasoning was measured using a defining issue test (DIT) to categorise High and Low Moral Reasoning on Participants. The result shows no difference in moral reasoning score between pre-test and post-test on a student who joins the business ethics course. This study finds that student moral reasoning does not improve by joining a business ethics course at university. These results imply that we should evaluate and re-examine the business ethics course syllabus for future research.

scholarly journals Is it Worth Flipping? The Impact of Flipped Classroom on EFL Students’ Grammar

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ishaq Salim Al-Naabi
Keyword(s):  
Flipped Classroom ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Flipped Learning ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Intact Group ◽  
English Grammar ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
The Impact

In light of contemporary pedagogical methods, the flipped classroom has been recognised as an effective pedagogy in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). This study employed a quasi-experimental one-group research design to investigate the impact of flipped learning on Omani EFL learners’ grammar and to examine students’ perceptions on the flipped classroom. An intact group of students (n=28) enrolled at the foundation programme in Arab Open University-Oman was randomly selected. Seven videos on English grammar were developed and shared with the students prior to the class. A varaiety of activities were conducted in the class following task-based language teaching. Students met for 8 lessons over the period of 8 weeks. Pre-test, post-test and semi-structured interviews were used in the study. The findings indicated that flipped learning had a positive impact on students’ understanding and usage of English grammar. Students’ perceptions on the flipped approach were positive. The study also provided pedagogical insights for the flipped classroom and recommendations for future research. 

Developing ethical managers for future business roles: a qualitative study of the efficacy of “Stand-Alone” and “Embedded” University “Ethics” courses

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Alastair Coldwell ◽  
Robert Venter ◽  
Emmanuel Nkomo
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Higher Learning ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Ethics Courses

Purpose While the problem of unethical leadership is undoubtedly a global one, the urgency of generating ethical leadership to advance the development of Africa has never been more evident than it is today. The challenge for higher education in developing ethical leaders is of core importance, as it is responsible for providing the main recruiting ground of business leaders. The current paper reports findings of a qualitative study of postgraduate students’ ethical development at the end of courses in business ethics aimed to enhance moral reasoning and ethical decision-making. The paper aims to ascertain whether stand-alone ethics courses are more effective than integrated ones in achieving academic ethical competency. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts an idiographic approach which aims at eliciting individual student subjective perceptions of the effects of the direct and indirect courses of ethical instruction on their moral reasoning and ethical practice. The research design broadly follows Mill’s (2017) method of difference. Findings Findings indicate perceived differences in the relative effectiveness of stand-alone and embedded ethics courses among students but also show that most students hold positive overall evaluations of the effectiveness of the both types of ethics instruction. Research limitations/implications Limitations to the study include that it is cross-sectional, involves a small sample of postgraduate students and is restricted to two management courses at one institution of higher learning. Furthermore, while Mill (2017) provides a useful research design in this context, it is not able to indicate causality, as there are other possible unidentified “third variables” that may be the actual cause of student differences between embedded and stand-alone ethics courses. The study is not able to show the durability and transfer of ethical competencies into students’ later working lives. Practical implications The study provides a useful practical educational contribution to the extant knowledge in the field in that it suggests that ethical courses aimed at giving students a moral reasoning “toolkit” for ethical decision-making are more effective when delivered in the stand-alone format, whereas practical decision-making skills are best honed by embedded business ethics courses. Social implications The problem of corruption in business and politics in South Africa is widely documented and has been regarded as responsible for creating a serious developmental drag on the alleviation of poverty and quality of lives of the majority of people in the country. The moral/ethical competency and behavior of future business leaders is partly the responsibility of institutions of higher learning. The study aims to find the most effective means of imparting moral awareness in postgraduate students who are likely to take up business leadership positions in their future careers. Originality/value The study provides useful contribution to the extant knowledge in the field in the African context in that it suggests that ethical courses aimed at giving students a moral reasoning “toolkit” for ethical decision-making are more effective when delivered in the stand-alone format, whereas practical decision-making skills are best honed by embedded business ethics courses.

scholarly journals The Effect of E-mail and WhatsApp on Jordanian EFL Students' Reading Skill

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Kafa Mohammad Bani Khalaf
Keyword(s):  
Potential Effect ◽  
Instructional Program ◽  
Combination Group ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
E Mail

This study aims to examine the potential effect of an e-mail and WhatsApp based instructional program on Jordanian EFL tenth-grade students' skimming and scanning skills of reading. To collect the data, two instrument were utilized: a pre-test and a post-test. The study used a quasi-experimental design. The participants of the study were 60 Jordanian tenth-grade female students from four sections who were purposefully chosen from Bahraini Basic School for Girls in Jordan. 15 students comprised the control group and 45 comprised three experimental groups of 15 students each. The findings reveal significant differences (at 0.05) in the students' mean scores on the post-test, in favour of the students in the WhatsApp group, the e-mail and WhatsApp combination group and the e-mail group respectively. The findings also reveal a significantly high effect of the instructional program on scanning than on skimming. A number of implications and recommendations for future research are put forth.

Ethical Issues in Information Technology

2010 ◽  
pp. 227-238
Author(s):  
Barrie E. Litzky ◽  
Effy Oz
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Adult Learners ◽  
Ethics Education ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Post Test ◽  
It Ethics ◽  
Ethics Courses

This research examines the impact of education on the ethical decision-making outcomes of adult learners in the area of information technology (IT). This study sheds light on the research question “Does IT ethics education make a difference?”, and more specifically, “Do ethics courses influence decisions regarding IT ethical issues in adult learners?” In a field study of 78 pre- and post-test surveys, we found that graduate students who took a course in IT ethics made different decisions than those made at the start of the term, for 2 of 6 ethical issues. The ethical issues described in this article are particularly relevant in today’s knowledge economy. Implications for IT ethics education and future research in the area are discussed.

scholarly journals Discourse Analysis in E-Learning-Based Course Using Moodle Platform: An Experimental Design

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Eka Putri ◽  
Budianto Hamuddin ◽  
Mutia Sari Nursafira ◽  
Tatum Derin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Design ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The World ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
And Control

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused educational institutions all over the world to migrate their teachings online. Since Indonesian government issued the SK Mendiknas No. 107/U/2001, educational institutions had to steadily integrate their learning process with technology. So, this study intends to investigate the effectiveness of using the open-source learning platforms known as Moodle in a selected university, Universitas Lancang Kuning (Unilak) in Indonesia. While multiple courses uses Moodle, this study selected to analyse the 2017/2018 fifth semester students as they are the ones who pioneered Moodle for other classes to use. With a quasi-experimental research design, this study used four types of test to calculate the results of the essay pre-test and post-test on both experimental and control classes. With the eventual mean of 65.53 for the experimental class and 63.25 for the control, this study proved that Moodle does effectively improve Indonesian university EFL students’ learning compared to conventional lecture-style learning. Future research is hoped to extend or compare this study with an investigation on how university EFL students are using e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors that have not been covered in this empirical study.

What's the Point of a Business Ethics Course?

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 335-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald F. Duska
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Teaching Business Ethics ◽  
Essential Ingredient ◽  
Ethical Knowledge ◽  
The Third ◽  
Teaching Business ◽  
Business Executives ◽  
Ethics Course ◽  
Business Behavior ◽  
Ethics Courses

The paper argues that the point of a business ethics course is to improve behavior in business, and that an essential ingredient in that improved behavior is knowing what's right or wrong. To make that claim, the paper attempts to dispose of three arguments which support the contrary claim, that business ethics courses are useless. First, it is argued that morals can't be taught, since they only result from training. Second, it is argued that such courses are unnecessary because business executives already know right from wrong. Third, it is argued that ethical knowledge is impossible, so there is nothing to teach. The first two arguments are dealt with briefly, and the third is addressed extensively. The paper argues that the scepticism about ethical knowledge is part of a pervasive “relativism” in our society, but shows that such a relativism/scepticism is untenable and indicates how ethical knowledge is possible. If, then, knowledge of right and wrong is an essential ingredient for improving business behavior, and such knowledge can be imparted in an ethics course, there is some point to teaching business ethics.

scholarly journals Interventions that prevent or reduce obesity in children from birth to five years of age: A systematic review

2020 ◽  
pp. 136749352091786 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katia Narzisi ◽  
Joan Simons
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Healthcare Setting ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
Multicomponent Interventions

Childhood obesity worldwide affects 5.6% or 38.3 million children under five years of age. The longer children are overweight or obese, the more likely they are to become obese adults with all the contingent morbidity involved. An extensive number of preventive interventions to combat childhood obesity have been carried out worldwide. This article reports a systematic review of interventions aimed to reducing or preventing obesity under-fives. The search was performed with six different databases: Web of Science, PsycINFO, Cochrane, PubMed, Medline, and CINAHL. Studies meeting the inclusion criteria were independently assessed using Joanna Briggs Institute methodology. Thirty studies involving 23,185 children across nine countries were included. Twenty-two were randomised controlled trials, and 8 quasi-experimental pretest/post-test design with comparison. These studies fell into four different categories: home-based interventions with family involvement ( n = 12), preschool/early childhood settings ( n = 9), multicomponent interventions across multiple settings ( n = 6) and healthcare setting ( n = 3). Future research should focus on increasing the accessibility of education on diet and physical activity for deprived families as well as the cultural acceptability of interventions to prevent childhood obesity.

scholarly journals Peningkatan praktek gizi seimbang dan PHBS Pada murid sekolah dasar

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Saifuddin Sirajuddin ◽  
Masni Masni ◽  
Ulfa Najamuddin
Keyword(s):  
School Children ◽  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Stunted Growth ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
Nutrition Practices ◽  
Questionnaire Assessment ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Child's Brain

Short and thin nutritional problems faced by students in Cambaya Elementary School in Makassar City are still high at 39.4% and 23.1% respectively. Breakfast habits that are very low at only 22.1% have the potential to cause stunted growth and development of the child's brain, which has implications for the decrease in intelligence of the child. This research aims to improve the knowledge, motivation, and skills of parents and teachers about balanced nutrition of school children and improving students' practice and motivation in a clean and healthy environment. The research uses quasi-experimental methods with pre and post test designs. The population in this study were 50th grade students of the Makassar Cambayya state primary school. Implementation of activities in the form of lectures, discussions, balanced nutrition practices and PHBS. Knowledge, motivation, skills about balanced nutrition and PHBS were measured using a questionnaire. Assessment is carried out before and shortly after giving counseling and a week after giving counseling. The results of this service are based on the Wilcoxon test. It is known that there is a significant increase in knowledge before and shortly after giving counseling p = 0.039 (p <0.05) and a decrease in knowledge a week after counseling p = 0.011 (p <0.05). Suggestions that can be given to the school should be active in conveying information about PHBS to school children.

scholarly journals The effect of Touch Math multi-sensory program on teaching basic computation skills to young children identified as at risk for the acquisition of computation skills

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (27) ◽  
pp. 149-156
Author(s):  
Rabab Abdallah ELawady Abdou
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
The Social ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Control ◽  
Experimental Group

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effect of Touch Math multi-sensory program on   teaching basic computation skills to young children identified as at risk for the acquisition of computation skills. The children selected for the present study were all kindergarteners from two public kindergarten schools, located at Nasr city, Cairo. 40 children from both schools were included. Of the children who participated in the study (N= 40), 72% were male and 28% were female. Mean age was 5.3 years. A quasi-experimental, two-groups pretest-posttest design was employed, where the same dependent variables (addition skills and subtraction skills) were measured in the two groups of children before (pretest) and after (posttest) a treatment was administered. Using two-way ANOVA, the author analyzed the data from the pre- and post-test.  The data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 18.0. The results of the two-way ANOVA and t- test showed that there were differences in post- test mean scores between experimental and control   groups in addition and subtraction skills. In favor of the experimental group, which indicated the effectiveness of Touch Math multi-sensory program. Implications for practice, recommendations for future research and conclusion were included.

scholarly journals Media Komik Sebagai Alternatif Media Promosi Kesehatan Seksualitas Remaja

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (01) ◽  
pp. 10-14
Author(s):  
Rasid Ansari ◽  
Linda Suwarni ◽  
Selviana Selviana ◽  
Mawardi Mawardi ◽  
Rochmawati Rochmawati
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Methods ◽  
Subjective Norm ◽  
Wilcoxon Test ◽  
Premarital Sex ◽  
P Value ◽  
Group Design ◽  
Effective Media ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Based on the results of the 2012 IDHS survey the TRC showed 9.3% or 3.7 million adolescents said they had had premarital sex. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of comic media as a promotion of adolescent health in SMP N 2 Pontianak. This research uses a quantitative approach with quasi-experimental methods (quasi experiments) type of pre-test post-test one group design. The number of samples of data analysis using the Wilcoxon Test was 38, using questionnaire and comic instruments. The results of this study by conducting the Wilcoxon Test there are significant differences between before and after given the intervention in the form of comic media on the information variable (p value = 0,000), subjective norm variables (p value = 0,000), and the variable Intention of sexual behavior (p value = 0.044) so it can be concluded that comics are effective media as an alternative media for the promotion of adolescent sexuality health.

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