Challenges in teaching business ethics: Using role set analysis of early career dilemmas

Emphasis in business ethics texts and courses has generally focused on corporate and other relatively high-level ethical issues. However, business school graduates in early career stages report ethical dilemmas involving individual-level decisions, often including influence attempts from one or more members of their work role sets. This payer proposes the use of role set analysis as a pedagogical technique for helping individuals to anticipate and deal with early-career ethical issues.