RELEVANCE OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUTHS’ ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN NIGERIA

Roseline Uchenna Okeke

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The study is poised to examine the potentials of Christian ethical principles towards the goal of developing entrepreneurial behavior among Nigerian youths. One of the indicators of development is the growth of entrepreneurship. In spite of the increasing consensus that ethics generally is pervasive and it is relevant to every aspect of human endeavour, little recognition is given to the mechanisms of inculcating entrepreneurial behavior among our youths through the application of Christian ethical principles. This paper is geared towards filling this vacuum. Engaging the tool of critical analyses of selected literatures, a keen observation of some students of Imo State University, Owerri, who are adherents of various Christian groups; and premising the work on Max Weber’s Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism,the paper examined the responses of youths to the need of being enterprising and the impacts of Christian ethical principles to achieving this goal. It was discovered that participating in religious activities do not enhance entrepreneurial behavior, nor do they promote entrepreneurship; but Christian ethical principles as manifested in people’s work ethics, conducts and character do

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