Exploring business students' views of the use of generative AI in assignment writing: an examination of generative AI use through students' own ethical perspectives
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2023
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Murray, D.
Williams, K.
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Cochrane, T.
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People, partnerships and pedagogies. Proceedings ASCILITE 2023, 2023 / Cochrane, T. (ed./s), pp.167-174
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2023: ASCILITE 2023 Conference Proceedings: People, Partnerships and Pedagogies (3 Dec 2023 - 6 Dec 2023 : Christchurch, New Zealand)
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The rise of generative AI, particularly over the past few years, has raised notable issues about its use. This has been possibly most pronounced in academia, where there has been strong debate on the potential value of generative AI to augment learning outcomes versus the potential for academic dishonesty and devalued education. Whilst some papers have looked at students’ perspectives on the use of generative AI, there has been less focus exploring through what ethical perspectives or frames students see using generative AI in their tertiary education.
We interviewed and conducted focus groups and interviews with students enrolled in an Australian university business school, to explore the ethical frames through which they saw the use of generative AI. Focussing on three specific perspectives: Deontological, Consequentialism and Virtue Ethics, it emerged that no single perspective dominated, with students having a complex mix and latticework of ethical perspectives on its use, even within the same individual. We explore some potential implications for practice that emerged from the data, one of which is the role of the academic as moral exemplar.
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Copyright 2023 Duncan Murray, Karen Williams. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)