Helping students to see for themselves that ethics matters

Discrimination of Various Vulnerable Groups - Perception Among the Students of the Faculty of Engineering (“Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu)

“…The structure of the respondents according to the faculties of belonging is as follows: Amid the economic and social impact of the economic crisis, both business people and scientists have argued the importance of ethical education in business and the need to increase social responsibility (Blasco, 2012;Jagger & Volkman, 2014). Starting from this necessity, the instrument of data collection (the questionnaire) included questions about discrimination in general, as well as questions concerning discrimination of certain vulnerable groups.…”

“…This result comes to emphasize the imperative need for courses on ethics and nondiscrimination, both for students and teaching staff. The educational establishments (and in particular universities) can and must have a pivotal role in providing ethical and non-discriminatory education and in promoting the importance of moral, ethical and nondiscriminatory behaviors and attitudes, according to their own values, principles, traditions and experiences (Levy & Rakovski, 2006;Caldwell, 2010;Blasco, 2012;Jagger & Volkman, 2014). This is the best way to prepare the future professionals for a correct approach at their workplaces.…”

“…Thus, a holistic approach in the teaching of ethics is recommended, in which students are encouraged to improve their knowledge and to develop skills in their own personal values framework (Jagger & Volkman, 2014). Several methods and models of training in this area were proposed and analyzed, in order to increase dialogue, social justice and non-discrimination (Wang, Zhang & Zhu, 2015).…”

“…The phenomenon has also an impact in the economic field, in the context of social issues such as numerous corporate scandals and malpractice cases at international level (Jagger & Volkman, 2014), growing lack of confidence in the correctness of business (Wankel & Stanusch-Stachowicz, 2011) etc.…”

“…In this article we intend to analyze the manner in which the students of the Faculty of Engineering ("Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu) perceive discrimination in general, and in particular the discrimination against certain vulnerable groups, bearing in mind that "now more than ever the universities are called upon to prepare students who will raise ethical standards in the business world" (Kurpis, Beqiri & Helgeson, 2008;Jagger & Volkman, 2014). …”