A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Introducing Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility at Undergraduate Level in the United Arab Emirates: An Experiential Exercise on Website Communication
Authors: Goby Valerie Priscilla, Nickerson Catharine
Publisher: Springer
Publication year: 2012
Journal: Journal of Business Ethics
Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
Journal acronym: J BUS ETHICS
Volume: 107
Issue: 2
First page : 103
Last page: 109
Number of pages: 7
ISSN: 0167-4544
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-1025-4
Abstract
In this article, we describe an assignment undertaken by our third-year students at a University Business School in the United Arab Emirates. The assignment serves to introduce corporate social responsibility and ethics in the undergraduate curriculum and to raise student awareness of how corporate activity together with corporate social responsibility can impact a country's social, political, and cultural landscapes. We outline the assignment, student response to it, and its contribution to student intellectual development in terms of ethical perspective, philanthropy versus ethics, economic development, and cultural diversity. We discuss the implications of this learning experience for our students and their greater understanding of items within the United Arab Emirates government's strategic directions, namely, creating a cohesive society and a sustainable environment.
In this article, we describe an assignment undertaken by our third-year students at a University Business School in the United Arab Emirates. The assignment serves to introduce corporate social responsibility and ethics in the undergraduate curriculum and to raise student awareness of how corporate activity together with corporate social responsibility can impact a country's social, political, and cultural landscapes. We outline the assignment, student response to it, and its contribution to student intellectual development in terms of ethical perspective, philanthropy versus ethics, economic development, and cultural diversity. We discuss the implications of this learning experience for our students and their greater understanding of items within the United Arab Emirates government's strategic directions, namely, creating a cohesive society and a sustainable environment.
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