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Attitudes towards some Aspects of Business Ethics among Students from Countries in Transition : an Empirical Research

In this paper certain parameters of ethical values and attitudes of students in economics from different countries are analysed (attitudes toward work and organisation ; goals of work ; readiness to work for common benefit, etc.). The basic question was wether, and to what extent, such attitudes differ in countries in transition (former communict countries of Central and Eastern Europe) compared with western countries with a developed market economy and Latin-American countries. On the basis of an empirical research we conclude that thereare significant differences, i.e., that students from countries in transition show more self-oriented attitudes, less readiness to help others and tend to consider wotk in an organisation primalily as a means to achieve one's own goals (always compareed woth students from the other two groups of countries). The main explanation for this is found in the transition itself, i.e., conditions and processes in those countries in the 1990s, and less in the heritage of the previous (communict) system.

business ethics; attitudes toward work; countries in transition; students in economics

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