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Ethics in an operations management course.

Ewa A Rudnicka1

  • 1University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, FOB 101, 1150 Mt. Pleasant Rd., Greensburg, PA 15601, USA. rudnicka@pitt.edu

Science and Engineering Ethics
|November 11, 2005
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Integrating ethics cases into operations management courses significantly benefits future managers. Students responded favorably to discussing real-world ethical dilemmas in areas like inventory and scheduling.

Area of Science:

  • Business Education
  • Management Science
  • Operations Management

Background:

  • Management graduates enter diverse organizations, requiring ethical leadership skills.
  • Students expressed a need to discuss ethics cases within operations management.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the effectiveness of incorporating an ethics component into an operations management course.
  • To gauge student response to discussing ethics cases relevant to managerial roles.

Main Methods:

  • Students reviewed professional and corporate codes of ethics.
  • Short ethics cases in operations (inventory, scheduling, etc.) were discussed individually.
  • A long group ethics case discussion and formal presentations concluded the course.

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Main Results:

  • Students prepared individual responses to ethics cases.
  • In-class discussions facilitated exploration of managerial ethical issues.
  • End-of-semester surveys indicated a very favorable student response to the ethics component.

Conclusions:

  • An ethics component is a valuable addition to operations management curricula.
  • Experiential learning through case studies enhances students' ethical reasoning in management.
  • The integration prepares future managers for ethical challenges in diverse professional settings.