标题：The interaction of economic and pedagogical ideals in the context of workplace learning in Germany: a framework for empirical research – inspired by business ethics
期刊名称：European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
电子版ISSN：2000-7426
出版年度：2016
卷号：7
期号：2
页码：207-221
DOI：10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela9085
语种：English
出版社：Linköping University Electronic Press
摘要：As an effect of marketisation, the importance of workplace learning in Germany has increased. The article follows up on the long-standing discourse around the question of how economic and pedagogical ideals interact in this context. In order to develop a theoretical framework for empirical research, three major positions of the discipline of business ethics are introduced. Business ethics in more abstract ways deals with the very same question, namely how do ideas such as profit orientation interact with other norms and values? The new perspectives show that the discourse has been hitherto based on a specific understanding of economy. In order to derive an empirical answer to the research question, the question is re-formulated as follows: Which values are inherent in the decisions taken? Consequently, it suggests using the concept of ‘rationalities of justification’ for empirical research. The article shows how this concept can be applied by conducting a test run.
关键词：Workplace learning; ethics, program planning; rationalities of justification; Germany
