BUSINESS EDUCATION AND RECOVERY OF HUMAN VALUES IN THE ERA OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
Abstract
It is not an over statement to say that every aspect of Nigerian environment is filled with bribery, corruption and nepotism. The corrupt, often the wealthy are the winners while the losers are ordinary members of the society and the ethical business, because the principal officers are the partakers and sponsors of the unethical business practices. This is evidently proved because, Nigeria being one of the major oil producers, is today one of the major oil importers. Money laundering is a criminal offence both in international, federal, state and local government levels, yet the major money launders are the government stakeholders and their fun praisers. The multiplication of these unethical
behaviours and activities was as a result of human greed (lost in human values) in the use of information and communication technologies to secure wealth at all cost. This paper tries to identify the best ways of preparing business students for ethnical practices through business education in this era of information and communication technologies. The paper discusses the concept of business
education, concept of human values, concept of ethical business environment in the era of information and communication technology factors that are confronting ethical business environment and ways of equipping business students to face the challenges of unethical business practices in this era of rapid influx of information and communication technologies. Recommendations and conclusion were also drawn.
Keywords: Business Education, Human Values, Ethical Business Environments, Unethical Behaviour, Information and Communication Technology
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