چکیده (انگلیسی):

An extensive study has been performed on the importance of building ethical principles into
secondary school and college curricula. In published surveys, females are almost universally
found to be more ethical, but experience tells us females lag behind males in their ability to
maintain and act upon their convictions in the workplace. We examined these issues by
administering a survey on academic ethics to an undergraduate business school population,
focusing heavily on gender differences. Careful analysis of survey results using one-way ANOVA,
the Tukey-Kramer procedure, and two-way ANOVA procedures provided an understanding of
differences in ethical beliefs and ethical behaviors based on gender and othe r demographic
characterizations. Predictive analysis was completed using logistic regression and discrete
choice modeling to determine the likelihood of ethical behavior in the future and evolution of
ethical beliefs. The accumulated results of the analyses were used to guide the authors in the
development of a strong and pervasive ethics-based curriculum for secondary schools and
universities. We have combined elements of classroom instruction, technology, active learning,
games and extracurricular activities to embed ethical concepts and particularly encourage
strength in convictions across the entire curricula.