| This study focuses on five main purposes, all of them interrelated and each focused on ethical values, virtues, or character values. The five purposes are: (a) Investigate college students' perceptions of ethical values, including their importance, application, usefulness, origin, benefits, need for education, and courses proposed to be included in the curricula; (b) Review literature in areas related to ethical values, virtues or character values of college students; (c) Develop and pilot an instrument to assess the ethical values of college students; (d) Improve and use the developed instrument to describe the status of college students' ethical values; and (e) Present conclusions and recommendations from the analysis of the data results.;The primary research question was, "What are the ethical values that college students have?" Nine secondary research questions were also studied.;This study reviews a summary of 28 lists of values or character strengths proposed by various authors and philosophers across time, as well as the opinions by others who are not a part of any given list. The study will provide an analysis and selection by the author of 28 values identified from the 28 lists.;Finally, an instrument which includes a list of 28 values, to assess the above areas of research was developed. This instrument will be available for other researchers to utilize or to conduct additional research as a consequence of this study's findings. |
