The morals of businessmen - The effect of vocational training on levels ofjudgement

On which level are young business people dealing with moral conflicts and w hat are the reasons for the development of their judgment competence during vocational education? In this paper some first results of an ongoing longi tudinal study are reported including information on state and change of mor al judgment competence of apprentices in insurance companies. Furthermore, a critical overview Is given on the state of theory construction in two fie lds: (i) the impact of moral atmosphere on moral competence and (ii) the de velopment of moral competence.