Research Article

Belief, Attitude, and Intention towards Creative Industries Ethics Education among Educators

Table 1

Mean values and standard deviations for parts A, B, and C of the questionnaire.

StatementMean value (M)/standard deviation (SD)

Part A: Beliefs
A1: I feel obliged to teach ethics education effectively to my students.3.815/0.176
A2: I feel it is necessary to include environmental issues in my ethics/ethics-related course(s).4.073/0.066
A3: I think I should be responsible for educating my students on ethical issues related to the creative industries sector.2.517/0.213
A4: I believe that educators should be accountable for creating conducive teaching and learning processes in ethics/ethics-related subject(s).2.721/0.196
A5: I believe in the significance of ethics to my students.3.011/0.173
A6: I think it is essential to preach sustainability issues to my students.3.055/0.033

Part B: Attitudes
B1: I am confident that ethics education enables students to deal with ethical problems in the creative industries sector.3.017/0.212
B2: I am aware of the function of educators to instil ethical values in future creative industry professionals.2.711/0.025
B3: I am sensitive towards the impact of ethics education on economic issues.2.016/0.135
B4: I am aware of the consequences of ethics education on environmental sustainability.4.153/0.112
B5: I am conscious of the impact of ethics education on society.3.011/0.148
B6: I believe in the importance of ethics education in developing responsible future professionals in creative industries.3.415/0.116
B7: I believe in the significance of ethics education in building future professionals in the creative industries who can make ethical decisions.2.917/0.145

Part C: Intentions
C1: I prefer to teach in institutions that give importance to ethics education in the curriculum.2.018/0.072
C2: I intend to produce future creative industries professionals who possess good ethical values.2.715/0.132
C3: I prefer to develop appropriate ethical values among my students.3.010/0.105
C4: I will promote the importance of ethics among my students.3.512/0.023
C5: I will utilise appropriate pedagogical strategies to teach ethics in my ethics/ethics-related course(s).2.540/0.135
C6: I will apply the fundamental ethical concepts in my ethics/ethics-related subjects(s).3.210/0.154