A Study of Ethical Decision Making by Physicians and Nurses in Hospitals

Abstract

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Emotional Intelligence and Consumer Ethics: The Mediating Role of Personal Moral Philosophies

“…Only a few studies have identified that emotional intelligence is positively related to the ethical decision-making of managers and employees (e.g. Angelidis and Ibrahim 2011;Deshpande 2009;Fu 2014); however, most of these studies have not examined the relationships between the specific components of emotional intelligence and ethical beliefs. Emotional intelligence has also not been specifically investigated as an antecedent to consumer ethics.…”

Corporate Ethical Values, Group Creativity, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention: The Impact of Work Context on Work Response

“…Using a self-report questionnaire, a large sample of healthcare and administrative employees working at a multi-campus education-based healthcare organization was compiled, and additional information was collected from a comparative convenience sample of sales and marketing employees working for a variety of organizations. Assessing ethics in healthcare and sales environments is important because healthcare employees routinely face many ethical hurdles (e.g., Deshpande et al, 2006;Deshpande, 2009), as do individuals working in the sales profession (DeConinck and Lewis, 1997;Hair et al, 2009;McClaren, 2000). This multi-study approach utilizes several comparative lenses to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the relationship between work context and work response, with the ultimate goal of developing more critical conclusions for sales and marketing employees.…”

Withdrawal Behaviors Syndrome: An Ethical Perspective

“…The independent forms model which suggests that withdrawal behaviors are unrelated was not supported, since significant relationships were found between the withdrawal behaviors. In summation, considering previous studies (Deshpande, 2009;Purvis and Cropley, 2003) which indicate that unethical behavior by employees can negatively impact not only public trust and the reputation of the hospital, but also its long-term financial soundness, the findings of this study have serious implications for healthcare managers and administrators.…”

“…In this study, we focused on nurses' ethical perspective because it has been shown that nurses expect fairness in their workplace (Deshpande, 2009;Deshpande and Joseph, 2008;Elovainio et al, 2004;O'Donohue and Nelson, 2007;Purvis and Cropley, 2003), and that their perceptions of such fairness affect their work attitudes and behaviors. Thus, if nurses perceive that their ethical expectations are not fulfilled, they will compensate for this disenchantment by withdrawal behaviors.…”