The following compilation of papers is an evaluation of academic misconduct in higher education and the methods that can be used to address the problem. The topic is covered in three separate papers. The academic papers presented include the following: "An Evaluation of Academic Dishonesty in the Online Classroom," which contains the why…

While the need for moral sensitivity amongst engineers is underlined by academic and professional standards, it is unclear whether engineering students are aware of their moral responsibilities in real-life situations or the impact they can have on social challenges. This study aims to understand the moral sensitivity of undergraduate engineering…

In the contemporary world, there is a growing need for socially responsible and ethical leadership. Therefore, training future business leaders in the field of professional ethics and social responsibility is an important task of modern university education. To solve it, the participation of scientists and university teachers in the creation and…

This translational scoping study investigates how ethics learning is assessed in engineering education worldwide and interprets concepts and practices for relevance to educational planners at the postsecondary level. It provides insights on how engineering education has achieved a level of standardization globally, a calibration process that has…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to point out the importance of having an ethics-related course for human resource development (HRD) graduate programs; and second, to highlight HRD potential to minimize ethical misconducts through an ethical filter in organizations. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is conceptual in…

The aim of this research is to examine the influence of cultural and religious values in engineering ethics education, which has been largely adopted from Western ideologies among engineering undergraduates in Malaysia. Data were elicited from open-ended interviews involving a group of engineering students of a higher education institution in…

Three intrastate universities developed a corporate social responsibility (CSR) simulation in an upper-division, undergraduate online markets and stakeholders class. The simulation engaged students in serving as business leaders in a community devastated by an earthquake. The students selected business leadership roles within the simulation based…

The authors focused on the effect of exposure to business ethics courses on students' perceptions of the linkage between ethics education and corporate social responsibility. Data were collected from 718 students and analyzed using analysis of variance. The findings of this study show that exposure to business ethics courses has a significant…

Cause-Related Marketing (CRM), defined as profit motivated giving, is an effective strategy that can be used to demonstrate to students the "good side" of marketing. This paper outlines an experiential project that allowed students to gain a better understanding of marketing principles while also gaining an appreciation for corporate…

In this study, a measurement tool that could be utilized to determine the values teaching responsibility perceptions of prospective teachers was aimed to develop. For this purpose, both the related literature on values teaching was investigated and the views of student teachers at a state university in Ankara, Turkey were taken. Consequently, an…

In recent years, online education has boomed. However, online business ethics education faces a challenge in which the lack of communication among teachers and students leads to a decline in teaching effectiveness. Social media applications can be imbedded in traditional ethics education to solve this problem. In this paper, based on the…

A ten question survey was administered to a medium size university in the Midwest. The responses were fashioned in a 5-item Likert Scale ranging from Strongly Disagree to Strongly Agree. The results were interpreted by SPSS and relationships, frequencies, and descriptive statistics were drawn from the results of this program. The purpose of this…

Social responsibility (SR) is a core component of the nursing profession. However, nursing education is challenged in delivering meaningful translation of this topic to students. This potentially reduces the readiness of newly licensed nurses to care for underserved populations. This study explored nursing students' understanding of SR and the…

We explored how academic departments, university teachers and students in one research-led university in New Zealand identified and addressed challenges in achieving three particular graduate attributes. These attributes (global perspective, environmental literacy and those aspect of ethics that involve personal social responsibility) are…

Geography has promoted responsibility in science for decades. However, a monster is on the loose of our own creation and is wreaking havoc. Geocoded/locational data have enormous research potential. However, expectations of privacy and confidentiality norms flux and turn gray. Does graduate training sufficiently prepare students to respond to…