Business Ethics as field of teaching, training and research in East Africa
Abstract
The increase in corporate malfeasance has lead to a rising interest in Business Ethics in general and a particular focus on Business Ethics as an academic field, but the proliferation of Business Ethics as an academic field on a global scale is not yet as well known. This paper forms part of the global survey of Business Ethics that has been commissioned to gain a better understanding of the prevalence and scope of teaching, training and research in the field of Business Ethics. The paper provides a summary of the survey and research results regarding the current status of Business Ethics as an academic field in the East African region. The findings lead to a conclusion that Business Ethics has gained momentum and is having an increased presence in the region, but that it is far from well established as an academic field.ÂDownloads
References
Accounting Society of Ethiopia. 2007. Accounting Focus, A journal of Accounting Society of Ethiopia, 3(1). Addis Ababa: Accounting Society of Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce 2010. Private Sector Development Hub (PSD Hub). [Online] Available: http://www.addischamber.com/ [Accessed Feb 18, 2010]
Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce 2009. Review of the legal and institutional framework for market competition in Ethiopia. Private Sector Development Hub (PSD Hub) Publication No. 7. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Association of Accountants and Auditors, Ethiopia (ACCA Ethiopia). Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [Online] Available: http://www.accaglobal.com [Accessed Feb 17, 2010]
Barkhuysen, B., Rossouw, G. J. 2000. Business Ethics as academic field in Africa: its current status. Business Ethics: A European Review, 9(4): 229-235
Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission; Annual Performance Report 2009. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [Online] Available: http://www.feac. gov.et/ [Accessed February 17, 2010]
Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda: Continuing Professional Development. [Online] Available at: http://www.icpau.co.ug/ icpau/downloads/CPD%202010.pdf & http://www.icpau.co.ug/icpau/ [Accessed Feb 17, 2010]
Milanzi, M. C. 1997. Business Ethics in Eastern and Southern Africa. Journal of Business Ethics, 16(14): 1549-1553.
World of Learning. [0nline] Available at: http://www.worldoflearning.com/ [Accessed January 26, 2010]
This journal is an open access journal, and the authors and journal should be properly acknowledged, when works are cited.
Authors may use the publisher's version for teaching purposes, in books, theses, dissertations, conferences and conference papers.
A copy of the authors’ publisher's version may also be hosted on the following websites:
- Non-commercial personal homepage or blog.
- Institutional webpage.
- Authors Institutional Repository.
The following notice should accompany such a posting on the website: “This is an electronic version of an article published in the African Journal of Business Ethics, Volume XXX, number XXX, pages XXX–XXX”, DOI. Authors should also supply a hyperlink to the original paper or indicate where the original paper (http://ajobe.journals.ac.za/pub) may be found.
The following Creative Commons license applies:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
