How does education affect a company or individual’s ethical behavior?
The majority of ethical missteps in businesses occur because workers do not know the best way to handle a situation. On the surface, this may seem a little hard to believe, but it is rare in the corporate world that ethical decisions are purely black and white. Whether it is okay to help yourself to the petty cash drawer is a simple answer. But what about an employee who catches a superior manipulating data in a client report? Of course, the supervisor should be reported. But anyone who has ever been in that situation knows there are multiple variables to consider first. That is where education comes in. Employees who understand business ethics are able to make decisions that protect themselves and the company overall. The same is true in the classroom. Over time, we have discovered that the majority of students who submit papers with plagiarized passages have done so unintentionally. These individuals have labored over their assignments and believe they have incorporated solid researc
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