Enseñanza de la ética empresarial: experiencia de innovación para promover el liderazgo

Abstract

The primary objective of this study is to show an innovative experience of teaching business ethics that promotes leadership in the Business School of a university in western Mexico. Business ethics students apply a virtue approach to promote their leadership skills. For this, students require general ethics knowledge, as a starting point, to make an in-depth critical analysis of the reality they face in their professional practice. A test of ethical knowledge is applied. The results show that there is a need for minimum knowledge of general ethics to promote leadership in the context of professional ethics undertaken from a virtue approach. In regards to leadership, it can be concluded that ethics is a pivotal factor as the leader’s actions profoundly affect her/his followers and since teaching virtues is primarily conducted by setting examples.