Using an Electronic Bulletin Board in Teaching Business Ethics in Palestine

The experiences of teaching business using electronic bulletin board in England are described and discussed with a view to developing useful guidelines and consideration of a best practice possible at universities in Palestine. The focus is primarily on an electronic bulletin board workshop for a module of ‘Legal and Ethical Context’ in an eCommerce undergraduate degree course in England. The issues of computer-mediated communication (CMC) in the context of Business Ethics course are also discussed. The pre-requisite criteria for a successful use of CMC would include the ability to use the technology, active participation in the use of the board, and the efficient application of the board for pedagogic purposes. I conclude that the use of electronic bulletin boards could well be suitable for other learning and teaching media on business ethics courses that business colleges in Palestine have to adopt in order to create a sense of virtual market place, a Greek agora.