Title: Teaching and learning business ethics in a multicultural group

Authors: Anna-Maija Lämsä; Raminta Pučetaite; Johanna Kujala; Anna Heikkinen; Elina Riivari; Raimonda Agne Medeišiene

Addresses: Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland ' Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius University, Muitinės str. 8, Kaunas, Lithuania ' University of Tampere School of Management, University of Tampere, Kalevantie 4, Tampere 33014, Finland ' University of Tampere School of Management, University of Tampere, Kalevantie 4, Tampere 33014, Finland ' Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland ' Kaunas Faculty, Vilnius University, Muitinės str. 8, Kaunas, Lithuania

Abstract: Building on a constructivist learning theory and a case teaching method, this article suggests a mixed learning approach for teaching business ethics in a multicultural group. The purpose is to present the objectives and implementation of the mixed learning approach in a case course with a multicultural group. Based on the students' feedback, we also analyse and discuss the effects of the mixed learning approach on students' learning experiences. The article contributes to the growing stream of literature on business ethics teaching in higher education by presenting an approach that allows teachers and students to join in constructive knowledge creation in a multicultural group. In so doing, the article increases our knowledge and understanding of the effectiveness of business ethics teaching and learning, while fostering the role of diversity in business management.

Keywords: business ethics; case teaching; constructivist learning; higher education; management education; mixed learning; multicultural group.

DOI: 10.1504/IJKMS.2017.084403

International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, 2017 Vol.8 No.1/2, pp.83 - 98

Received: 04 Feb 2016
Accepted: 03 Jan 2017
Published online: 06 Jun 2017 *

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