ETHICAL CONSIDERATION FOR INTEGRATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN BAUCHI STATE

Agatha Samson, Abdulmutallib U. Baraya

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This study determined ethical consideration for integration of Artificial Intelligence in business education curriculum development in tertiary institutions in Bauchi state of Nigeria. The study employed a cross-sectional research design, the population of the study comprised 104 business educators, total population sample was used. Structured questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection which was validated by experts. The reliability of the instrument obtained was 0.82. Data was analyzed using simple linear regression. The findings revealed that there is no significant relationship between AI bias and fairness, data privacy and policy and ethical students‟ data usage ethical consideration and business education curriculum development in tertiary institutions in Bauchi state. The study concluded that AI can improve educational outcomes in Business education programme when it is integrated, developed and implemented with transparency and ethical considerations in the curriculum. It was recommended that the tertiary institutions should establish and enforce comprehensive ethical guidelines with respect to how AI is used within educational settings, more so regarding the ethical use of AI bias and fairness, data privacy and policy, and ethical students‟ data usage in business education curriculum development for and integrity in business education programme.

Keywords: Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Business Education, Curriculum Development.


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