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Kennedy, Ellen; Lawton, Leigh

doi:10.1023/a:1005747511116

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“…An interesting approach was another study of university students by Kennedy and Lawton (1998). They reported that when the ethical orientations of students at universities with three different types of affiliation were compared, students at an evangelical university were far less willing to engage in unethical behavior than were students at either a Catholic or an unaffiliated institution.…”

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The Relationship between Religiousness and Corporate Social Responsibility Orientation: Are there Differences Between Business Managers and Students?

2007

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The Relationship between Religiousness and Corporate Social Responsibility Orientation: Are there Differences Between Business Managers and Students?

2007

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“…Küng (1990) expresses this idea in the following manner: ''...the unconditionality nature of ethical demands is grounded in the different religions, whether they derive their demands more directly from a mysterious absolute, or a figure of revelation, from an old tradition or a sacred book, one thing is sure: religions can express their ethical demands with a completely different authority from a merely human one' ' (1990, p. 114). Along similar lines, Kennedy and Lawton (1998) suggest that the theological dimension of [business] ethics is defined as an ability to answer the question: ''Why ought I to be moral?'' When ethical behavior is perceived to be relevant to religious salvation, religion provides an additional motive for right behavior (Weaver and Agle, 2002).…”

Section: Religiosity and Ethicsmentioning

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“…A review of recent empirical studies examining the effects of religiosity on ethics specifically in business settings revealed several studies rendering support to the notion of a positive relationship between religiosity and business ethics (e.g., Angelidis and Ibrahim, 2004;Kennedy and Lawton, 1998;Knotts et al, 2000;Longenecker et al, 2004). Singhapakdi et al (2000) specifically found that religiosity was positively related to ethical problem recognition and behavioral intentions).…”

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The Effects of Commitment to Moral Self-improvement and Religiosity on Ethics of Business Students

2007

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Using survey methodology we examined the relationships between commitment to moral selfimprovement (CMSI), religiosity, ethical problem recognition, and behavioral intentions in a sample of 242 business students. Results of the study suggest that CMSI predicts ethical problem recognition and behavioral intentions. Our findings also suggest that CMSI is positively related to religiosity. The study provides some evidence of CMSI being a mediator in the influence of religiosity on ethical problem recognition and behavioral intentions. Compared to religiosity, CMSI turned out to be a better predictor of perceived importance of ethics, ethical problem recognition, and ethical behavioral intentions. The results of the study have implications for increasing understanding of ethical decision-making, future studies of business ethics, and business ethics education.

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“…First, we measured religious belief and behavior as a lived and practiced faith whereas there are several definitions of religiosity and religious belief in the literature (see Barnett et al, 1996). Second, we did not obtain information on the participants' particular religion whereas other studies (e.g., Kennedy and Lawton, 1998) have shown that ethical decision-making may have a religious affiliation effect. Third, we did not examine political orientation that the ethics literature (e.g., Fisher and Sweeney, 1998) suggests may also affect ethical decision-making.…”

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An Exploratory Study of Counterexplanation as an Ethical Intervention Strategy

Chung

Monroe

2006

J Bus Ethics

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The purpose of this exploratory study is to examine the use of an ethical intervention strategy – counterexplanation – on individuals’ ethical decision-making. As opposed to providing reasons to support a decision in the case of explanation, counterexplanation is the provision of reasons that either speak against or provide evidence against a chosen course of action. The number of explanations and/or counterexplanations provided by the participants is expected to have a significant effect on ethical evaluation and intention. The number of explanations is expected to be negatively related to ethical decision-making while the number of counterexplanations is expected to be positively related to ethical decision-making. The experiment, that made use of five ethical vignettes, manipulated four treatment groups – explanation, counterexplanation, explanation/counterexplanation, and counterexplanation/explanation. Participants were randomly assigned to one of the four reatments. They performed the requirements of their treatment before recording their ethical evaluations and intentions. As expected, larger numbers of explanations led to less ethical decision-making and larger numbers of counterexplanations led to more ethical decision-making. However, when both types of explanations are required, the order of counterexplaining before explaining is more desirable as it leads to more ethical decision-making. The study also reports that individuals with high social desirability bias (a tendency to present oneself in a culturally acceptable manner) may generate less counterexplanations. Implications of the findings are explained in the paper. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2007explanations, social desirability bias, ethical evaluations, ethical intentions,

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Cited by 230 publications

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The Relationship between Religiousness and Corporate Social Responsibility Orientation: Are there Differences Between Business Managers and Students?

The Relationship between Religiousness and Corporate Social Responsibility Orientation: Are there Differences Between Business Managers and Students?

The Effects of Commitment to Moral Self-improvement and Religiosity on Ethics of Business Students

An Exploratory Study of Counterexplanation as an Ethical Intervention Strategy

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