The use of short role-plays for an ethics intervention in university auditing courses
© 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This paper reports how short 10-minute role-plays can be used as an effective tool for ethics education within university auditing classes. A mixed method approach elicited student perceptions of role-plays in developing ethical awar...
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| author | Taplin, Ross Singh, A. Kerr, R. Lee, Alina |
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| description | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This paper reports how short 10-minute role-plays can be used as an effective tool for ethics education within university auditing classes. A mixed method approach elicited student perceptions of role-plays in developing ethical awareness. While many students self-reported difficulty in recognising and dealing with the ethical dilemmas appropriately, most agreed role-plays helped them to prepare for dealing with these issues in the workplace. This was especially the case for students with English as an additional language. Students reported the role-play ethical dilemmas raised their awareness of the need to protect their professional independence. Students commented that they had a better understanding of the importance of the professional code of conduct and the code of ethics. Role-plays are a simple experiential learning approach that helps students to recognise ethical dilemmas, explore strategies to deal with such dilemmas in a safe environment, and practice listening and questioning skills to obtain information. Short role-plays can offer critical thinking opportunities that are more relevant to the student’s personal experience than case studies of historical ethical breaches. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-686792018-06-29T12:35:13Z The use of short role-plays for an ethics intervention in university auditing courses Taplin, Ross Singh, A. Kerr, R. Lee, Alina © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This paper reports how short 10-minute role-plays can be used as an effective tool for ethics education within university auditing classes. A mixed method approach elicited student perceptions of role-plays in developing ethical awareness. While many students self-reported difficulty in recognising and dealing with the ethical dilemmas appropriately, most agreed role-plays helped them to prepare for dealing with these issues in the workplace. This was especially the case for students with English as an additional language. Students reported the role-play ethical dilemmas raised their awareness of the need to protect their professional independence. Students commented that they had a better understanding of the importance of the professional code of conduct and the code of ethics. Role-plays are a simple experiential learning approach that helps students to recognise ethical dilemmas, explore strategies to deal with such dilemmas in a safe environment, and practice listening and questioning skills to obtain information. Short role-plays can offer critical thinking opportunities that are more relevant to the student’s personal experience than case studies of historical ethical breaches. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68679 10.1080/09639284.2018.1475244 Routledge restricted |
| spellingShingle | Taplin, Ross Singh, A. Kerr, R. Lee, Alina The use of short role-plays for an ethics intervention in university auditing courses |
| title | The use of short role-plays for an ethics intervention in university auditing courses |
| title_full | The use of short role-plays for an ethics intervention in university auditing courses |
| title_fullStr | The use of short role-plays for an ethics intervention in university auditing courses |
| title_full_unstemmed | The use of short role-plays for an ethics intervention in university auditing courses |
| title_short | The use of short role-plays for an ethics intervention in university auditing courses |
| title_sort | use of short role-plays for an ethics intervention in university auditing courses |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/68679 |