"Students' Response to Ethical Dilemmas" by Christine Lynn, Richard M. Howey et al.

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Christine Lynn, University of Central FloridaFollow
Richard M. Howey, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Thomas Combrink, Northern Arizona UniversityFollow

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hospitality.ucf.edu

Abstract

The teaching of ethics in hospitality curricula is an important part of students’ overall education. Past research has indicated that college students are generally as ethically aware as their professional counterparts. The authors replicated a study by Damitio and Schmidgall (1993) in which over 700 college students were asked if they agreed with decisions in 15 hypothetical scenarios. Students were also asked if the decisions were in fact ethical. Results are reported. The authors use these results as further evidence that ethical awareness in hospitality students needs to be raised. There does not appear to be any change in students’ ethical awareness since the original study in the early 1990s. A discussion of the direction ethics education might take follows. Implications for hospitality curricula and hospitality students are analyzed. A course of action is recommended

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Lynn, Christine; Howey, Richard M.; and Combrink, Thomas (2007) "Students' Response to Ethical Dilemmas," Hospitality Review: Vol. 25: Iss. 2, Article 9.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/hospitalityreview/vol25/iss2/9

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