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Business Ethics Training and Its Professional Applicability: Evidence from Students’ Perceptions in the Dominican Republic

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Prior studies emphasize the role of business ethics education in fostering ethical awareness and professional responsibility, while noting limitations in practical application. This study examines business students’ perceptions of the ethical knowledge acquired at university and its relevance to professional practice. It addresses how students evaluate ethics content, teaching approaches, and professional applicability, hypothesizing an overall positive perception with identified pedagogical gaps. Using a quantitative, descriptive design, a structured questionnaire was administered to 209 undergraduate business students in the Dominican Republic. Results reveal strong familiarity with ethical concepts, high perceived professional relevance, positive faculty evaluation, and a need for more experiential, practice-oriented teaching strategies.

Source: TEM Journal

DOI: 10.18421/tem153-43

Authors: Juan Bautista Peña Soriano, César Andrés Canela Acosta, Sandy Antonio-Gutiérrez, Alina Bello Dotel

Institutions: Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Universidad Católica del Cibao

Language: English

Topic: Ethics in Business and Education

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $647