Ethical attitudes of students and business professionals: A study of moral reasoning

Wood, John A.; Longenecker, Justin G.; McKinney, Joseph A.; Moore, Carlos W.

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“…(see Appendix). Most of these vignettes have been previously used in other studies (Longenecker et al, 1988a(Longenecker et al, ,b, 1989aHornsby et al, 1994;Smith and Oakley, 1996;Wood et al, 1988;Weeks et al, 1999). The vignettes dealt with a wide variety of business situations and were designed to address ethical issues in different functional areas of business.…”

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The Role of Mere Exposure Effect on Ethical Tolerance: a Two-Study Approach

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This paper reports on the results from two studies that were conducted eight years apart with different respondents. The studies examined the role of the Mere Exposure Effect on ethical tolerance or acceptability of particular business decisions. The results from Study 1 show there is a significant difference in ethical judgment for 12 out of 16 vignettes between those who have been exposed to such situations compared to those who have not been exposed to them. In those 12 situations, those who have been exposed to such situations adopted a more tolerant stance toward the ethically questionable behavior. The results from Study 2 show there is a significant difference in ethical judgment for 9 out of 16 vignettes between those who have been exposed to such situations compared to those who have not been exposed to them. Again, in those nine situations, those who have been exposed to such situations adopted a more tolerant stance toward the ethically questionable behavior. Interestingly, the 9 situations in Study 2 were 9 of the 12 situations found to be significant in Study 1, and in the same direction, suggesting that we have found consistency in our findings and support for the Mere Exposure Effect. Implications are provided for both higher education and practitioners.

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The Role of Mere Exposure Effect on Ethical Tolerance: a Two-Study Approach

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“…Business students were found to value objective, rational decisions more than non-business students (Ruhe, 1991). One stud), concluded that business students possess lower ethical values than non-business students (Harris, 1989), while another found business students to be more wiling to engage in questionable behaviors than their non-business counterparts (Wood, 1988). Maccoby contends that business students go with their heads (think more about success) and less with their hearts (sensitivity) as a reflection of the valuing of getting ahead which their schools and organizations have directed them to do.…”

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A comparison of ethical evaluations of business school faculty and students: A pilot study

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ABSTRACT. This paper reports the results of a pilot study of differences in ethical evaluations between business faculty and students at a Southern university. Data were collected from 137 business students (46 freshmen and 67 seniors) and 34 business faculty members. Significant differences were found in 7 of the 30 situations between freshmen and faculty and four situations between seniors and faculty. When the combined means for each group were tested, there was no significant difference in the means at the 0.05 level of significance. A trend was revealed, however, in that the majority of. the time faculty members were the most ethically oriented followed by seniors and then freshmen.

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“…One study claimed that undergraduate business students were overwhelmingly "utilitarian egoists" (Wood et al 1998), and another that MBA students were egoistic. The assumption in both studies was that "egoism" is of the "subjective" variety, emphasizing maximizing one's subjective view of one's own good in the short term and ignoring the consequences for others.…”

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New (Other?) Directions in Corporate Social Responsibility

Capaldi

2016

Int J Corporate Soc Responsibility

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The purpose of this article is to challenge scholars of corporate social responsibility and CSR officers of private corporations to rethink their subject matter and their approach. The fundamental problem that needs to be addressed in CSR scholarship is whether it is descriptive or normative or something else. I maintain that much of the current literature is inadequately descriptive and philosophically deficient with regard to norms. I suggest a number of additional activities for CSR research (e.g., consumer responsibility) compatible with a morally pluralistic world that is hospitable to a market economy.

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Ethical attitudes of students and business professionals: A study of moral reasoning

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The Role of Mere Exposure Effect on Ethical Tolerance: a Two-Study Approach

The Role of Mere Exposure Effect on Ethical Tolerance: a Two-Study Approach

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