ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews the empirical literature on the effectiveness of ethics training and then proposes a conceptualization of both ethics training and its expected outcomes. Ethics training certainly has been one of the most popular instruments of integrity management in organizations. This chapter focuses on a number of specific studies, not only in the private, but also in the public sector, using them to explore and illustrate the theoretical framework we propose. Many professional educational programmes, ethics courses are taught to prepare students for real-life professional ethical decision-making. The literature on ethics training is not only diverse in terms of methodology; there is also significant conceptual variation. The dimensions along which ethics training can vary, depending on aspects such as the background and affiliation of the trainer, the duration and the frequency of the training sessions, or the actual substance as well as the instructional methods used.
