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Ethical Competence in Master’s Degrees: Definition and Shaping Factors
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The inclusion of ethical competence in the training of master’s degree students remains a challenge. It has important links to the professionalization process, but unevenness has been found in its development and implementation, and this appears to generate shortcomings in training processes. The aim of this study is to understand the meaning of ethical competence and to identify factors that facilitate its inclusion in master’s degree programs. A multicentre phenomenological study was carried out at universities in Spain and Argentina. Students and faculty from ten master’s degree programs in different subjects participated. Three broad overall categories emerged from our analysis: competencies related to the professional profile; factors in the professionalizing process; and training in ethical competence. These categories suggest that ethical competence is a core rather than an added value for any professional, thereby stressing the need to address its pedagogical importance in education.
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TEY, Amèlia, LLANES, Juan and MARTÍNEZ RODRÍGUEZ, Laura. Ethical Competence in Master’s Degrees: Definition and Shaping Factors. 2023. vol. 13. Vol. 11, num. 1137. [consulted: 12 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/207364