E THI C S
Ethics Integration in Degree Programs
Ethics has been a core learning outcome in our
business curriculum for many of the College’s degree
programs including the Bachelor’s of Business Administration
(BBA), the Full-time Master of Business Administration program
(MBA), the Online Master of Business Administration program
(OMBA), the Executive Master in Business Administration
program (EMBA) and the Master of Science in Accounting
(MSA). The most recent assurance of learning results indicated
that assessment targets were exceeded for all ethics related
learning outcomes in the MBA, OMBA, EMBA, and MSA
programs. In the BBA, one of the two ethics related assessment
targets was exceeded.
The College continues to monitor the level of ethics integration
in these degree programs. In spring 2017, a survey of BBA
faculty on ethics coverage revealed that more than 40 degree
and major required courses covered ethics and helped identify
where ethics coverage can be strengthened. In spring 2018,
OMBA faculty reviewed ethics integration and revised where it
is introduced, reinforced and mastered.
Recent Research Related to Ethics,
Governance and Corruption
Laksmana, R., Harjoto, M. A., Yang, Y. (2018). Board
Diversity and Corporate Investment Oversight. Journal of
Business Research, 90, 40-47.
Dechenaux, E., Samuel, A. (2016). Optimal Fines under
Announced and Surprise Inspections. Journal of Public
Economic Theory, 18(5).
Elbahnasawy, N. G., Ellis, M., Adom, A. D. (2016). “Political
Instability and the Informal Economy”. World Development,
85, 31-42.
Mukherjee, D., N. D. (2016). Do Literacy and a Mature
Democratic Regime Cure Corruption?. Journal of Economic
Development, 41(2), 1-26.
Pu, X., Alam, P., Hettler, B. (2016). The Sensitivity of the CDS
Market to Financial Analysts’ Forecast Revisions. To appear in
Accounting and Finance.
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