CHALLENGES IN TEACHING BUSINESS ETHICS - USING ROLE SET ANALYSIS OF EARLY CAREER DILEMMAS

Emphasis in business ethics texts and courses has generally focused on corporate and other relatively high-level ethical issues. However, bu siness school graduates in early career stages report ethical dilemmas involving individual-level decisions, often including influence attem pts from one or more members of their work role sets. This payer propo ses the use of role set analysis as a pedagogical technique for helpin g individuals to anticipate and deal with early-career ethical issues.