A New Methodological Approach for Studying Moral Reasoning Among Managers in Business Settings

Weber, James; McGivern, Elaine

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“…The MRI presents each subject with a list of eight moral reasoning statements, following the original DIT format. The moral statements that correspond to the business dilemmas in the MRI are shown in Appendix Two statements correspond with each major stage of moral reasoning (stages 1/2, 3, 4, and 5/6—see Weber and McGivern , for an explanation and justification of the combined stages). The relationship between the moral reasoning statements and the stages of moral development were validated by Weber and McGivern in their development of the MRI (, p. 153).…”

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Exploring and Comparing Cognitive Moral Reasoning of Millennials and Across Multiple Generations

Weber

Elm

2018

Business and Society Review

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This research builds on previous investigations seeking to understand how individuals reason about moral problems. Our research includes a preliminary investigation about Millennials and a cross‐generational analysis using secondary research data to understand this emerging generation's moral reasoning and assess trends in moral reasoning over time. This study addresses content‐bias in moral reasoning by using a new instrument with business‐based dilemmas, the Moral Recognition Interview, based on the well‐established moral reasoning framework of Lawrence Kohlberg. Results show that the Millennials in this study exhibit differences in moral reasoning based on gender, intelligence, work experience, and academic major, however not necessarily in an expected manner. Differences in moral reasoning were found when the context or “story pull” of the ethical dilemmas presented is considered. In addition, a comparison to other studies shows that business student Millennials tend to reason at lower levels of cognitive moral reasoning than non‐business college students, as well as college students in the 1960s–1970s (Baby Boomers) and in the 1980s–1990s (Generation Xers).

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Exploring and Comparing Cognitive Moral Reasoning of Millennials and Across Multiple Generations

Weber

Elm

2018

Business and Society Review

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“…The surveys are based on an analysis of the ethical "perception" of managers, employees and students faced with hypothetical ethical dilemmas. The findings are mixed, inconclusive and are open to criticism about the identification of a representative sample, the reliability or validity of measures, the methodological procedures for understanding an individual's moral reasoning (Randall & Gibson, 1990;Weber & McGivern, 2010) and, more generally, about the impossibility of applying ethical theory to real life (Barlett, 2003). Without going into a detailed analysis of the research literature, it is nevertheless worth noting that the main limitation of much of the empirical research lies indeed in the concept of ethical "perception".…”

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Integration of Ethical Values into Activity-Based Budgeting

Santosuosso¹

2013

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Despite appeals from public opinion all over the world for the development of ethics in business and the widespread adoption of a Code of ethics by many firms, the integration of ethical values into the corporate planning process has received little attention either in real life or in research literature. In order to overcome the gap between ethical principles and practice, this study underlines some key points which could help the integration of values into Activity-Based Budgeting: identifying ethical values, creating an Ethical framework, examining the distinctive parts of actions, choosing a preference order for values, incorporating the values into each single element of every activity. The approach based on activities allows managers to give visibility to those objectives with an ethical dimension and incorporates them analytically into the budgeting system.

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“…Um número variado e crescente de pesquisadores tem, conforme O'Fallon e Butterfield (2005), proposto e testado uma ampla gama de variáveis que influenciam cada um desses quatro passos: fatores individuais (idade, educação, gênero, nacionalidade, religião, dentre outros), fatores organizacionais (competitividade, códigos de ética, cultura e clima ético, tipo de indústria, tamanho da organização, crises organizacionais, dentre outros) e a intensidade moral (percepção da magnitude das consequências da decisão e do comportamento) - Albaum e Peterson (2006), Calton e Payne (2003), Cristensen e Kohls (2003), Lewis (2000), Martynov (2009), Priem e Shaffer (2001), Treviño e Nelson (1995), Weber e Mcgivern (2010). Treviño e Nelson (1995) argumentam que, nos negócios, pessoas em diferentes posições hierárquicas lidam todos os dias com questões que envolvem conflitos de valores e tomada de decisão acerca do que é certo e do que é errado; portanto, a ética nos negócios diz respeito ao comportamento.…”

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Práticas de gestão e representações sociais do administrador: algum problema?

2011

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ResumoNós examinamos, neste artigo, as representações sociais de estudantes de graduação em administração para situações em que a ética e a competitividade estão presentes de forma paradoxal. O objetivo do estudo é identificar como o sentido construído pelos estudantes sobre o que é a administração, a organização e o papel do administrador os leva a um determinado posicionamento simbólico acerca deste paradoxo. Tal problemática é examinada à luz da Critical Management Education e da Teoria das Representações Sociais. Nosso estudo é de natureza qualitativa e utilizamos como procedimentos metodológicos o teste de associação de palavras, o completion test para a análise de cinco casos noticiados pela mídia escrita e televisiva e a construção de desenhos-tema. Os resultados evidenciam o posicionamento simbólico ambíguo e contraditório dos estudantes em relação ao papel do administrador e à prática de gestão adequada nas referidas situações. Palavras-chave: AbstractIn this article we examine the social representations of Brazilian graduate students of Business Administration regarding situations in which ethics and competitiveness are paradoxically present. The aim of this study is to identify how the meaning, constructed by students, of what Administration is, as well as an organization, and the role of the administrator leads them towards certain symbolic positions concerning this paradox. This problematization is examined by means of the Social Representation Theory, as well as by Critical Management Education. Our study is qualitative in nature, and Artigo submetido em 17 de agosto de 2008 e aceito para publicação em 08 de julho de 2010.

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A New Methodological Approach for Studying Moral Reasoning Among Managers in Business Settings

Abstract: moral reasoning, managerial ethics, ethics in business, discriminant analysis,

Cited by 33 publications

References 35 publications

Exploring and Comparing Cognitive Moral Reasoning of Millennials and Across Multiple Generations

Exploring and Comparing Cognitive Moral Reasoning of Millennials and Across Multiple Generations

Integration of Ethical Values into Activity-Based Budgeting

Práticas de gestão e representações sociais do administrador: algum problema?

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