This article examines the short-term impact of specially prepared case and video materials on marketing students' ethical beliefs. Before and after tests with a control group, using a previously validated questionnaire, were employed to ascertain the effect of ethical instruction. Statistically significant changes in students' ethical beliefs were observed.
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