Presentation Date: Saturday August 1, 2009
  Presentation Time: 1:00 pm-4:00 pm

CPE Session 08

Beyond Cases - Using VITA and Other Engaged Learning Activities to Enhance Ethics Education

Presented By:

Sandra Roberson, Furman University

Description: SESSION CANCELLED This workshop will explore various activities that can be used to enhance ethics education. Significant time will be spent discussing how to successfully implement a service learning project (VITA)along with related reflective activities, and a group project helping students to better understand ethical issues and obligations relative to functional areas in accounting. The objective of the workshop is to give attendees the tools necessary to adapt these and other ethics focused activities to their courses. The objectives will be met through discussion of how these activities are being currently used in an ethics course, tips on adoption, and pitfalls to avoid. The workshop will also include some discussion of moral philosophy and a hands on exercise (which mimics a portion of what students are required to do) that will consider and evaluate professional codes of conduct in light of moral theory.

Field of Study: Behavioral Ethics
Program Level: Basic

Intended Audience: Instructors who wish to enhance the ethics content of their accounting courses or are seeking engaged learning activities for their ethics courses.

Format/Structure: I will discuss the specifics of the learning activities, how they were administered and evaluated, and lessons learned. Q&A will be encouraged throughout. In addition to discussing the professional Codes of Conduct project, I will give participants the opportunity to perform a portion of this project - the discussion and critique of professional codes in light of key theories of moral philosophy. As occurs in my classes (on a much more detailed level) I will preface this exercise with a discussion of key moral philosophies.

Learning Objective: Implement a required service learning activity into their courses, including appropriate reflective activities and Implement a Codes of Conduct activity that will require their students to research and critically evaluate professional codes of conduct.

Prerequisites: none

Advanced Preparation Required: none

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