INTRODUCTION

For many years the phrase business ethics was an oxymoron. "Buyer Beware" was the more common saying. Fortunately, times are changing, and successful businesses are finding that being ethical is not only the preferable way to live, it also translates into satisfied employees and customers and thus flourishing businesses.

Many Business Departments in colleges are now teaching Business Ethics classes, showing their agreement with the Socrates statement printed on the Main page of this webquest.

In writings from the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, psychologist James Rest states:

• Dramatic changes occur in young adults in their 20s and 30s in terms of the basic problem-solving strategies they use to deal with ethical issues.
• The extent to which change occurs is associated with the number of years of formal education.
• Deliberate educational attempts to influence awareness of moral problems and to influence the reasoning or judgment process have been demonstrated to be effective.