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dc.contributor.authorBrokerhof, Inge M.
dc.contributor.authorSucher, Sandra J.
dc.contributor.authorBal, Matthijs
dc.contributor.authorHakemulder, Frank
dc.contributor.authorJansen, Paul G. W.
dc.contributor.authorSolinger, Omar N.
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-03T09:18:18Z
dc.date.available2023-04-03T09:18:18Z
dc.date.created2023-01-30T11:17:31Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationBrokerhof, I. M., Sucher, S. J., Matthijs Bal, P., Hakemulder, F., Jansen, P. G., & Solinger, O. N. (2023). Developing moral muscle in a literature-based business ethics course. Academy of Management Learning & Education, 22(1), 63-87.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1537-260X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3061711
dc.description.abstractMoral subjectivity (e.g., reflexivity, perspective-taking) is a necessary condition for moral development. However, widely used approaches to business ethics education, rooted in conceptualizations of ethical development as objective and quantifiable, often neglect students’ subjective involvement in moral matters. In this case study, we investigated subjective aspects of moral development of MBA students in a business ethics course using an alternative pedagogy based on world literature as course material. The findings elucidated that the use of literary narratives stimulated the development of “moral muscle,” a dynamic moral capability that needs to be developed through regular reflection and practice. Additionally, the development of moral muscle during the course showed heterogeneity among students with different starting positions, learning routes, and end states of their moral development. The findings contribute to a new theoretical understanding of moral development as a dynamic process—as moral muscle—with different individual change trajectories, and shed new light on how the use of literary narratives in business ethics education can stimulate this development.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAcademy of Managementen_US
dc.titleDeveloping moral muscle in a literature-based business ethics courseen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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dc.subject.nsiVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200en_US
dc.source.journalAcademy of Management Learning & Educationen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.5465/amle.2020.0072
dc.identifier.cristin2118162
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