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An 11-week hybrid distance learning/personal contact ethics training program, customized for a leading information technology firm, is described in the format of a sequential process. The process is grounded on discourse ethics and the ethics training guidelines premised by the Hastings Institute. Indications from the firm and from the program’s participants are that the training has been beneficial.
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Warren French is the Cousins Professor of Business Ethics at the Terry College of Business, University of Georgia. He also serves as a visiting faculty member at the Universite Jean Moulin Lyon III where he teaches business ethics. His research area is conflict resolution through discourse ethics.
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French, W. Business Ethics Training: Face-to-face and at a Distance. J Bus Ethics 66, 117–126 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-006-9053-1
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