Ethical Value Positioning of Management Students

By : Venkatesha Murthy, Sonali Bhattacharya

Page No: 267-273

Abstract
In this study, an attempt was made to establish the ethical value positioning of students of business and management studies. Using the ethical value positioning questionnaire of Forsyth (1980), a complete enumerative survey was conducted for management students. In total, 136 students were sampled. It was found that 75 per cent of the students were Situationists, followed by 15 per cent being Absolutists. Further, five sets of value propositions (benevolence, interpersonal, personal, situational and dogmatic) were also extracted. No significant regional or gender variations in the values were found. Functional areawise also no significant differences in values were observed.

Authors :
Venkatesha Murthy : Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak, MDU Campus, Rohtak, Haryana.
Sonali Bhattacharya : Associate Professor, SCMHRD, Symbiosis International University, Pune, Maharashtra.