SECTION 3: BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF

ALL THREE GROUPS


BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BUSINESS LEADERS, FACULTY AND STUDENTS


INTRODUCTION


The background characteristics of each of the three groups for 2003 will be presented.A comparison to the earlier respective demographics will also be given.The question on ethics is presented before the demographics.The characteristics of the business leaders, faculty and students will then be discussed.


Although not a demographic question, the question concerning haven taken an ethics class, its information is presented in this section.�� Table 3A reveals that business leaders were more likely to have taken the ethics course than the current college of business students.The students were the least likely to have had such a course.


TABLE 3A.��� PERCENT IN EACH GROUP HAVING TAKEN AN ETHICS OR MORAL PHILOSOPHY COURSE


Percent Saying Yes

Business Leaders


Faculty


Students

Have you ever taken an ethics or moral philosophy course?

56%

51%

36%


(n=66)

(n=266)

(n=1003)

Source:����������� 2003 Study of Ethics

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS


BUSINESS LEADERS


As shown in Table 3B, in 2003 an overwhelming percentage of the respondents were male, 92%.Even though Best Lists of Arizona randomly selected the sample of large companies, none of the respondents companies employed more than 900 persons.The average was in the 700 range.The two states with the largest number of respondents were California and Illinois, 14% and 11%.�� Almost half of the respondents were CEOs, in the service sector and had a management and marketing background.

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The percentage of respondents in 1983 identifying themselves as CEOs was very close to the 2003 percentage.No information was reported in the 1988 article about business leaders.


TABLE 3B.���� DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE

RESPONDINGUSINESS LEADERS


Year of the Study

Demographic Characteristics

2003

1988

1983

Gender����������� :


Male

92%



Females

8%




100% (n=63)




Approximate Number of Employees

50

11%



500

22%



600

11%



700

11%



800

22%



900

22%




99%(n=9)




State in which you work

Alabama

2



CA

14



Colorado

2



Connecticut

2



Florida

3



Georgia

3



Illinois

11



Indiana

6



Iowa

2



Kentucky

2



Louisiana

3



MA

2



Maryland

2



MI

6



Minnesota

3



MO

2



Nebraska

2



New Jersey

3



New York

5



NC

3



Ohio

6



PA

5



SC

2



South Dakota

2



Tennessee

2



Texas

6




101% (n=66)




Job Title or Position


TABLE 3B.���� DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPONDING USINESS LEADERS


Year of the Study

Demographic Characteristics

2003

1988

1983

CEO

47%


69%

President

20%



Vice President

20%


14%

Other

14%


17%


101% (n=64)


100% (n=119)


Largest General Area of Your Business

Services

44%



Manufacturing

30%



Agriculture/Construction

8%



Transportation

12%



US/Global/North America

5%




99% (n=61)




Functional Area in Which You Have Primarily Worked?

Management

33%



Marketing

18%



Finance

13%



Operations

27%



Other

8%




99% (n=58)



Source:������ 2003 Study of Ethics


FACULTY


In 2003, three fourths of the faculty respondents were male.The largest responding group was faculty.�� About half were from regional universities with masters programs.About 4 in 10 were in business administration or management.All of the respondents in 2003 were from AACSB accredited schools.Only 43% of the 1989 respondents were from AACSB schools.Note that there are many missing values in this data since not all faculty received a questionnaire with the correct demographic questions on it.In 1989, almost the same percentage of faculty responded as in 2003, 53% to 52%.

TABLE 3C.��� DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPONDING FACULTY

Year of the Study

Demographic Characteristics

2003

1989

Gender

Male

75%


Female

25%



100%(n=264)



Title

Dean

39%

27%

Associate Dean

9%


Faculty

52%

53%

Chairpersons

0%

20%


100% (n=151)

100% (n=445)


General Nature of their Universities

Regional U.Undergraduate

Only

9%


Regional U. with Masters

52%


Doctoral Granting

40%



100% (n=90)



General Area of teaching

Accounting

11%


Business Administration

13%


Management

30%


Ethics and/or Law

6%


Management Information

6%


Economics

11%


Other

4%


Finance

7


Marketing

13%



100% (n=202)





AACSB Accredited

100%

43%




Source:������ 2003 Study of Ethics


STUDENTS


In 2003, over half of the students were male compared to 49% in 1995.�� There were a lower percentage of senior students in 2003 compared to 1995, 39% to 47%.�� The vast majority in both years was college ofbusiness majors.


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TABLE 3D.��� DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPONDING STUDENTS


Year of the Study

Demographic Characteristics

2003

1995

Gender

Male

54%

49%

Female

46%

51%


100% (n=1002)

100% (n=191)


Year in School

Freshman/Sophomore

3%

8%

Junior/Senior

48%

45%

Senior/graduate school

39%

47%


100% (n=1009)

100% (n=191)


Major

College of Business

98%

90%

Other

2%

10%


100% (n=995)

100% (n=191)




Source:������ 2003 Study of Ethics