A Systematic Literature Review in Business Ethics Education

One of the emerging fields of study in recent years is business ethics education. Research in this field is very limited and needs more attention and study to identify goals, dimensions, components and also the factors affecting it. This study examines what dimensions are considered in business ethics education and what elements are considered to be effective by different researchers.

The present study is descriptive and in terms of purpose, it is an applied study that has been done in a systematic review method. Its statistical population includes all studies in the field of business ethics education in Scopus database from the beginning of publication until 2020 and includes 832 researches, in which 51 articles were selected as a sample. The coding was performed using MAXQDA 10 and the results were analyzed using the Whetten framework

The failure to transfer the teachings of business ethics courses to the real environment and the lack of theory and model in this field is one of the most important research gaps, one of the main factors is the lack of attention to the context in business ethics education.

Theoretical participation of this study includes a better understanding of goals, dimensions and components as well as factors affecting business ethics, especially in the field of education. This, along with the study gap, can be used as a practical contribution to the development of lesson plans and content for business ethics courses.