�ALL THREE GROUPS
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
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 respondent�s 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 CEO�s, in the service sector and had a management and marketing background.�
The percentage of respondents in 1983 identifying themselves as CEO�s was very close to the 2003 percentage.� No information was reported in the 1988 article about business leaders.
TABLE 3B.���� DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RESPONDING�USINESS 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
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
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 of� business majors.
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