Don’t Just Trust Your Gut: The Importance of Normative Deliberation to Ethical Decision-Making at Work

Arkan, Oyku; Nagpal, Mahak; Scharding, Tobey; Warren, Danielle E.

doi:10.1007/s10551-022-05221-y

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“…This stream of research has been critiqued from a variety of vantage points, including the inability to replicate findings in the same or different contexts (Berenbaum, 2021; Fayard, Bassi, Bernstein, & Roberts, 2009). Studies that rely on spurious shifts in ethical behavior without engaging in ethical reasoning are particularly important to recognize (Arkan, Nagpal, Scharding, & Warren, 2022). We believe that many of the issues that we note in terms of descriptive norms research could apply to a broader stream of behavioral ethics research in that meaningful shifts in ethical reasoning may not occur in these studies and may therefore limit our understanding of how to promote ethical organizations.…”

Section: Future Research: Redirecting Norm Researchmentioning

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When Are Norms Prescriptive? Understanding and Clarifying the Role of Norms in Behavioral Ethics Research

Scharding,

Warren

2023

Bus. Ethics Q.

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Research on ethical norms has grown in recent years, but imprecise language has made it unclear when these norms prescribe “what ought to be” and when they merely describe behaviors or perceptions (“what is”). Studies of ethical norms, moreover, tend not to investigate whether participants were influenced by the prescriptive aspect of the norm; the studies primarily demonstrate, rather, that people will mimic the behaviors or perceptions of others, which provides evidence for the already well-substantiated social proof theory. In this review article, we delineate three streams of norms research in business ethics: behavioral, perceptual, and prescriptive. We argue that by properly categorizing norms, and designing studies to investigate when prescriptions, more than mere mimicry, improve ethical outcomes in organizations, researchers can enhance managers’ efforts to promote ethical outcomes in organizations.

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Section: Future Research: Redirecting Norm Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

When Are Norms Prescriptive? Understanding and Clarifying the Role of Norms in Behavioral Ethics Research

Scharding,

Warren

2023

Bus. Ethics Q.

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Organizational Transparency

Dholakia

2023

Transparency in Business

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Redefining Academic Safe Space for Responsible Management Education

Martineau,

Cyr

2024

J Bus Ethics

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In a time of increasing polarization, how can we address sensitive topics and ensure that university classrooms remain places of healthy discussions and ethical deliberations? This paper addresses this important question by drawing on unique qualitative data from our students’ accounts of their experience in an organizational ethics course. We developed the course using a novel pedagogical strategy centered around the creation of an artistic portfolio. We find that student engagement in an alternative individual space, such as the artistic portfolio, supports them in developing (inter)personal skills in preparation for constructive participation in sensitive discussions and ethical deliberation in the classroom. Additionally, engagement with the artistic portfolio provides them with an alternative means for alleviating tension that arises from these discussions and a space for expressing their opinions. Our findings highlight the role of the portfolio as an individual safe haven that supports teachers in facilitating a positive classroom atmosphere and guides students through challenging discussions and deliberations intrinsic to responsible management education. Considering these new insights, we advocate for a shift from a collective to an individual perspective on safety in academia. This transition liberates the classroom from the constraints and limitations often associated with the establishment of collective safe spaces.

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Don’t Just Trust Your Gut: The Importance of Normative Deliberation to Ethical Decision-Making at Work

Cited by 4 publications

References 64 publications

When Are Norms Prescriptive? Understanding and Clarifying the Role of Norms in Behavioral Ethics Research

When Are Norms Prescriptive? Understanding and Clarifying the Role of Norms in Behavioral Ethics Research

Organizational Transparency

Redefining Academic Safe Space for Responsible Management Education

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