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1、InternationalBusiness&EconomicsResearchJournal–March2011Volume10,Number3IsEthicsEducationNecessary?AComparativeStudyOfMoralCognizanceInTaiwanAndTheUnitedStatesChiulienC.Venezia,FrostburgStateUniversity,USAGeraldVenezia,GeovalueConsultants,USAFrankJ.C
2、avico,NovaSoutheasternUniversity,USABahaudinG.Mujtaba,NovaSoutheasternUniversity,USAABSTRACTEthicaldevelopment,cognizance,andmaturity,aswellasethicalbehavior,areaprimaryconcernofallmanagers,governmentofficials,andeducators.Thesemoralvaluesareevenmore
3、importantinAsianeconomieswheresomeaspectsoftheeconomyseemto“gounderground”withoutanyduetaxationaffordedtothegovernmentorpropercreditaccordedtothepropertyownersorcopyrightorotherintellectualpropertyholders.Thisarticleexaminesmoralityandethicsfromacros
4、s-culturalperspective.ThearticleexaminesworksusingKohlberg’sCognitiveMoralDevelopmenttheoryandtheDefiningIssuesTest(DIT),inordertoascertainthemoralcognizanceofworkersandstudents,withparticularattentiontothevariablesofage,education,ethicseducation,and
5、gender.UnitedStatessamplesarecomparedwithstudiesofTaiwanesemanagersandTaiwanesestudents.Thepurposewastoseeifthereisrelationshipbetweenanyofthesevariablesandmoralmaturityandcognizance,aswellaswhetheranyoftheserelationshipswereculturallyinfluenced.Keyw
6、ords:EthicalDevelopment;Cognizance;CognitiveMoralDevelopment;DefiningIssuesTest;EthicsEducationINTRODUCTIONEthicsandMoralDevelopmentoraldevelopment,accordingtoMujtaba(1997),isthegrowthofaperson’sabilitytodistinguishMrightfromwrong,todevelopasystemofe
7、thicalvalues,andtolearntoactmorally.Thetermdevelopmentreferstoprogressiveandcontinuouschangesfromthebeginningoflifeuntiltheend.Moraldevelopmentoccursthroughtheprocessofnotonlymaturity,butalsosocializationasapersonacquiresaneducation,growsolder,andobt
8、ainsmanagementexperience(Mujtabaetal,2009).Mujtaba(2010)alsostatesthatmoraldevelopmentoccursthroughtheprocessofsocialization,education,aging,andexperience.Eachindividualhastheabilitytothinkabouthisorherownthoughtprocess,whichisknownas"self-awareness.
