Introducing Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility at Undergraduate Level in the United Arab Emirates: An Experiential Exercise on Website Communication
Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Journal of Business Ethics
Publication Date
5-1-2012
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. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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ISSN
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
107
Issue
2
First Page
103
Last Page
109
Disciplines
Business
Keywords
Business leadership, CSR, Emerging economies, Ethics, Experiential learning
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Recommended Citation
Goby, Valerie Priscilla and Nickerson, Catherine, "Introducing Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility at Undergraduate Level in the United Arab Emirates: An Experiential Exercise on Website Communication" (2012). All Works. 2099.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/2099
Indexed in Scopus
yes
Open Access
no