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The growing trend of required ethics instruction in the business school curriculum has created a need for relevant teaching materials. In response to this need the Journal of Business Ethics is introducing a new case section. This section provides a forum for publishing and accessing a range of materials that can be used in teaching business ethics. This article discusses how business ethics cases can facilitate the development of deductive, inductive and critical reasoning skills.
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Falkenberg, L., Woiceshyn, J. Enhancing Business Ethics: Using Cases to Teach Moral Reasoning. J Bus Ethics 79, 213–217 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-007-9381-9
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