Attitudes toward Business Ethics

Inhaltsverzeichnis (Table of Contents)

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
• THE WORLD NUMERICAL
• ABSTRACT
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 PROBLEM STATEMENT
• 1.2 OBJECTIVES
• 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• 1.4 DELIMITATIONS
• 1.5 THESIS OUTLINE
• PART TWO: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
• 2 PROLOGUE FOR BUSINESS ETHICS
• 2.1 MORALE, ETHICS, AND BUSINESS ETHICS
• 2.2 CRITIQUE OF ECONOMISM
• 2.3 BUSINESS: THE QUESTION OF MEANING
• 2.4 BUSINESS: THE QUESTION OF LEGITIMACY
• 3 ETHICAL THEORIES & BUSINESS ETHICS
• 3.1 TRADITIONAL THEORIES
• 3.2 CONTEMPORARY THEORIES
• 3.2.1 THE VIRTUE PERSPECTIVE
• 3.2.2 THE STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVE
• 3.2.3 THE SOCIAL CONTRACT PERSPECTIVE
• 3.2.4 THE INTEGRATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Zielsetzung und Themenschwerpunkte (Objectives and Key Themes)

This master thesis examines the attitudes of business students towards business ethics, with a particular focus on Denmark, Germany, and the United States. The primary objective is to provide a theoretical framework for understanding business ethics and to conduct empirical research to analyze the moral mindsets of future managers. The thesis aims to identify differences in attitudes among the three countries and to investigate the influence of factors such as gender, academic level, age, and business ethics education.

• The role of business ethics in society
• The moral dimensions of business practices
• Corporate social responsibility and stakeholder relationships
• Ethical decision-making in business
• Attitudes towards business ethics among business students

Zusammenfassung der Kapitel (Chapter Summaries)

The thesis begins by introducing the problem statement, outlining the objectives and research questions, and defining the delimitations of the study. Chapter 2 provides a theoretical foundation for understanding business ethics, exploring the concepts of morale, ethics, and the critique of economism. Chapter 3 delves into ethical theories, focusing on traditional and contemporary approaches, including the virtue perspective, the stakeholder perspective, the social contract perspective, and the integrative perspective.

Schlüsselwörter (Keywords)

This master thesis investigates the attitudes towards business ethics among business students in Denmark, Germany, and the United States, exploring key concepts such as corporate social responsibility, stakeholder relationships, ethical decision-making, and the moral dimensions of business practices. The research utilizes empirical data analysis to examine the influence of factors like gender, academic level, age, and business ethics education on student attitudes.