Web‐based model of multiple criteria ethical decision‐making for ethical behaviour of students

Lately, distance studies, which are attempting at the best possible education for students and satisfaction of as many of their study needs as possible, are gaining wider popularity. Online questionnaires are increasingly used to get detailed opinions of distance learning students on various issues...

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Main Authors: Artūras Kaklauskas, Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas, Rita Budzevičienė
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 2009-03-01
Series:Journal of Business Economics and Management
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Online Access:https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/6220
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author Artūras Kaklauskas
Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas
Rita Budzevičienė
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description Lately, distance studies, which are attempting at the best possible education for students and satisfaction of as many of their study needs as possible, are gaining wider popularity. Online questionnaires are increasingly used to get detailed opinions of distance learning students on various issues of studies. During the project EURASIA, it was identified that VEBER online questionnaire can be a useful tool for VGTU beyond the scope of the project EURASIA. An online questionnaire has been developed to facilitate the process of surveying related to implementation of the project EURASIA. The assessments helped to recognise that this tool helps VGTU to enhance its institutional system related to e‐learning. Having identified the potential of this tool outside the scope of the EURASIA to project, further experiments have been carried out to assess how this tool can be further developed to accommodate the requirements of the project EURASIA other institutional systems. The research showed that distance learning students not only want to express their opinion about the study process, but also to be active participants in shaping strategic alternatives of the study process by electronic means. In order to implement this idea, the authors proposed the Web‐based Model of Multiple Criteria Ethical Decision‐Making for Ethical Behaviour of Students and used as a basis to develop the Ethical Web‐Based Decision Support System (E‐DS). Using the features of the VEBER online questionnaire, the developed Model and the E‐DS System, the process of distance learning can be additionally humanized and adjusted to ethical norms, which would have a positive effect on the whole distance learning process. Thus, the institutions participating in the project EURASIA or offering distance learning studies could use the features of VEBER online questionnaire, the developed Model and the E‐DS System in their activities. It would stimulate more efficient application of moral norms in the distance learning process. First Publish Online: 14 Oct 2010
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spelling doaj.art-96e40eca06c74f50862f417abf55b5e72022-12-21T20:13:17ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityJournal of Business Economics and Management1611-16992029-44332009-03-0110110.3846/1611-1699.2009.10.71-84Web‐based model of multiple criteria ethical decision‐making for ethical behaviour of studentsArtūras Kaklauskas0Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas1Rita Budzevičienė2Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Institute of Internet and Intelligent Technology, Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, LithuaniaVilnius Gediminas Technical University, Institute of Internet and Intelligent Technology, Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, LithuaniaVilnius Gediminas Technical University, Institute of Internet and Intelligent Technology, Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, LithuaniaLately, distance studies, which are attempting at the best possible education for students and satisfaction of as many of their study needs as possible, are gaining wider popularity. Online questionnaires are increasingly used to get detailed opinions of distance learning students on various issues of studies. During the project EURASIA, it was identified that VEBER online questionnaire can be a useful tool for VGTU beyond the scope of the project EURASIA. An online questionnaire has been developed to facilitate the process of surveying related to implementation of the project EURASIA. The assessments helped to recognise that this tool helps VGTU to enhance its institutional system related to e‐learning. Having identified the potential of this tool outside the scope of the EURASIA to project, further experiments have been carried out to assess how this tool can be further developed to accommodate the requirements of the project EURASIA other institutional systems. The research showed that distance learning students not only want to express their opinion about the study process, but also to be active participants in shaping strategic alternatives of the study process by electronic means. In order to implement this idea, the authors proposed the Web‐based Model of Multiple Criteria Ethical Decision‐Making for Ethical Behaviour of Students and used as a basis to develop the Ethical Web‐Based Decision Support System (E‐DS). Using the features of the VEBER online questionnaire, the developed Model and the E‐DS System, the process of distance learning can be additionally humanized and adjusted to ethical norms, which would have a positive effect on the whole distance learning process. Thus, the institutions participating in the project EURASIA or offering distance learning studies could use the features of VEBER online questionnaire, the developed Model and the E‐DS System in their activities. It would stimulate more efficient application of moral norms in the distance learning process. First Publish Online: 14 Oct 2010https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/6220distance learningEURASIA projectEthical Decision-Making ModelsVEBER online questionnaireDecision Support System
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Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas
Rita Budzevičienė
Web‐based model of multiple criteria ethical decision‐making for ethical behaviour of students
Journal of Business Economics and Management
distance learning
EURASIA project
Ethical Decision-Making Models
VEBER online questionnaire
Decision Support System
title Web‐based model of multiple criteria ethical decision‐making for ethical behaviour of students
title_full Web‐based model of multiple criteria ethical decision‐making for ethical behaviour of students
title_fullStr Web‐based model of multiple criteria ethical decision‐making for ethical behaviour of students
title_full_unstemmed Web‐based model of multiple criteria ethical decision‐making for ethical behaviour of students
title_short Web‐based model of multiple criteria ethical decision‐making for ethical behaviour of students
title_sort web based model of multiple criteria ethical decision making for ethical behaviour of students
topic distance learning
EURASIA project
Ethical Decision-Making Models
VEBER online questionnaire
Decision Support System
url https://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/JBEM/article/view/6220
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