Types of Vignettes and Ethical Decision-Making among Business Education Students
| Autor: | Paul Amollo Odundo, Charles Richard Oyier, John Kamau Mwangi, Prisca Mary Oluoch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Medical education
Business education 05 social sciences Ethical decision 050301 education 050109 social psychology computer.software_genre Experiential learning Business studies Scripting language 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Narrative Business ethics Psychology Contingency 0503 education computer |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Business and Management. 13:249 |
| ISSN: | 1833-8119 1833-3850 |
| DOI: | 10.5539/ijbm.v13n10p249 |
| Popis: | Learner-centered experiential approaches such as adoption of vignettes focus on practical experiences and applications in teaching business ethics. Vignettes of different types provide scenarios of events that are logical in order to help learners develop an ethical sensitivity that would influence their decision-making skill. This study focused on adoption of narrative, illustrations, repertoires, documentaries or scripts used as instructional resources for instilling ethical sensitivity among business education students. The study adopted contingency framework for ethical decision-making and targeted 102 year-three business education students at University of Nairobi. Through random sampling 58 students provided information, which was descriptively analysed. Study findings indicated that 93.6% business education students agreed that narratives, 81.8% illustration, 78.6% repertoire, 90.9% documentaries and 97.0% scripts enhance decision-making. The study recommended that teachers be advised to adopted different types of vignettes in teaching, schools provide budgetary allocation for vignettes production and further research on to establish how much vignettes have been used in schools for business studies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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