Ethical Judgments in Business Ethics Research: Definition, and Research Agenda

Sparks, John R.; Pan, Yue

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“…11 The term ethical lens is used in the sense of arriving at a judgement about ethicality. Sparks and Pan (2010) summarise an ethical judgement as an evaluation of the degree to which behaviour or a course of action is ethical or unethical. 12 This follows the professional guidance.…”

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The adoption of the materiality concept in social and environmental reporting assurance: A field study approach

Edgley

Jones

Atkins

2015

The British Accounting Review

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The adoption of the materiality concept in social and environmental reporting assurance: A field study approach

Edgley

Jones

Atkins

2015

The British Accounting Review

132

156

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“…Even though ethical judgement has been a widely studied concept, scholars haven't arrived to a generalized definition of it (Sparks and Pan 2010). It seems to be a consensus, based on the existing literature, on the multidimensional nature of ethical judgement.…”

Section: Ethical Judgement and Possible Biasesmentioning

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“…Some scholars (Hunt and Vitell 1986 In an attempt to reconcile these two broad views mentioned, Sparks and Pan (2010) affirm that ethical judgement is the "individual's personal evaluation of the degree to which some behavior or course of action is ethical or unethical". Following this, and considering that the goal of the research in ethical management is to predict, explain and control ethical behavior of people in charge of organizations (Flory et al 1993), we intend to study the main ethical judgement biases in management.…”

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Exploring some biases in the ethical judgement of Managers: An empirical Study

Cortés-Mejía

Moreno-Salamanca

2017

ENTRAMADO

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A b s t r A c tOne of the main and most challenging tasks of managers is to judge their own actions and, even more, the actions of others. There are different biases that might affect the accuracy of their ethical judgment. Two of the most common biases studied are the group affiliation bias and the want/should conflict. In the present study, by empirical means, we analyzed these biases in the ethical judgment of managers. Examining answers of 153 effective respondents, we found significant differences in some of the four categories of ethical decision making studied, especially in the use of working time, money management and the use of corporate assets. We also explored some demographic characteristics of the managers, finding gender and level of study as the most relevant ones which play an important role on how they assess their own past and future behavior and the behavior of others. Although, we obtained somehow mixed results, they show that there seems to be a tendency within managers, to judge harder moral behavior of others compared to the judgment of their own ethical behavior. Furthermore, managers judge others, contrary to expected, harder if they know them than if they do not. KeywordsEthics; ethical judgment; moral biases; managers. Explorando Algunos Sesgos en el Juicio Ético de los Directivos: Un Estudio Empírico r e s u m e nUna de las principales y más exigentes obligaciones de un directivo es juzgar sus propias acciones y, aún más, las acciones de los demás. Hay diferentes sesgos que pueden afectar la precisión del juicio ético. Dos de los sesgos más comúnmente estudiados son el sesgo por afiliación a grupos y el dilema del conflicto entre el deber y el querer. En esta investigación, se analizan estos sesgos en el juicio ético de los directivos, por medio de un estudio empírico. Examinando respuestas de 153 encuestados, encontramos diferencias significativas en algunas de las cuatro categorías estudiadas de toma de decisiones éticas, específicamente, en el uso del tiempo laboral, manejo del dinero y el uso de activos corporativos. Igualmente, se exploraron algunas características demográficas de los directivos, encontrando que el género y el nivel educativo de los directivos, son las variables más explicativas de cómo éstos juzgan su propio pasado, su futuro y el comportamiento de los demás. A pesar de haber encontrado resultados variados, parece haber una tendencia general en los directivos a juzgar más duramente los actos de los demás que los suyos propios. Además, se encontró que, contrario a lo esperado, los directivos juzgan más duramente a las personas que conocen que a las que no conocen. PAlAbrAs c l Av eÉtica; juicio ético; sesgos morales; directivos.

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“…Ethical judgments refer to individual determinations of the appropriateness of ethically questionable courses of action (Reidenbach and Robin, 1990;Robin, Reidenbach, and Babin, 1997;Sparks and Pan, 2010). Although the concept seems straightforward, decades of empirical investigation have failed to advance knowledge appreciably given tendencies, for example, toward replication of wellestablished findings (Mudrack & Mason, 2012).…”

Section: Dilemmas Conspiracies and Sophie's Choice: Vignette Themesmentioning

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Dilemmas, Conspiracies, and Sophie’s Choice: Vignette Themes and Ethical Judgments

Mudrack

Mason

2013

J Bus Ethics

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Ethical Judgments in Business Ethics Research: Definition, and Research Agenda

Abstract: ethical judgments, definition, research agenda,

Cited by 109 publications

References 73 publications

The adoption of the materiality concept in social and environmental reporting assurance: A field study approach

The adoption of the materiality concept in social and environmental reporting assurance: A field study approach

Exploring some biases in the ethical judgement of Managers: An empirical Study

Dilemmas, Conspiracies, and Sophie’s Choice: Vignette Themes and Ethical Judgments

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