Forty years of research on factors influencing ethical decision making: Establishing a future research agenda

Casali, Gian Luca; Perano, Mirko

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2020.07.006

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“…Some other aspects that make small companies different from big companies are that such companies use a higher degree of insight (insight and intuition) in their decisions (Khatri and Ng, 2000), there is less focus on the comprehensive information collection (Gilmore et al, 2001), and senior management/leaders have a stronger influence on the decision-making process (Elbanna & Child, 2007). Casali and Perano (2020) have defined synthesise and critique the voluminous, multidisciplinary literature on factors influencing ethical decision making (EDM), and shown that there are up to 42 potentially influencing factors on EDM in the literature. The most important factors that may influence the decision-making of SMEs are (i) information scarcity (Gabrielsson & Gabrielsson, 2013); (ii) resource availability (Evers & O'Gorman, 2011); (iii) characteristics related to decisionmaking leadership, and their interpretation of the environment (Child & Hsieh, 2014); (iv) knowledge and the previous experience of the entrepreneur and social and business networks (Evers & O'Gorman, 2011); and (v) the structure of hybrid governance in SMEs in which the business model is normally aligned with the partners.…”

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Discovering Knowledge and Cognitive Based Drivers for SMEs Internationalization

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Internationalisation begins with companies’ decision to enter global markets to develop knowledge and experience as key competitive factors in the global economy, which has been the subject of much empirical research. Decision-making, knowledge management, and effective internationalisation have become key strategic tools for all companies, especially for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This study wants to provide a framework for SMEs internationalisation based on the real options theory, (ROT) as a knowledge driver method. For this purpose, the effective factors for internationalisation were identified by reviewing the literature on the subject and the internal and external backgrounds of the subject. Then, main and sub-factors were prioritised by the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method. The statistical population consisted of senior managers, business managers of SMEs in Isfahan, Iran, who were eligible to enter this study. Twenty-six experts participated in this study by judgmental non-random sampling method. A fuzzy AHP questionnaire was prepared in the form of 19 sub-factors and 7 main factors. The components of each factor in each group were also ranked by experts, and their weights were obtained. Next, according to the ROT strategies which have 5 options, an alignment matrix was used to align the factors affecting the decision with the strategies. After answering the research question, the option that had a higher mode was considered AS; then, this score was multiplied by the weight obtained in the previous step and the TAS was obtained. Finally, strategies were classified as appropriate, need further investigation, and inappropriate.

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Section: Factors Influencing the Decision To Enter International Marketsmentioning

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“…A consequentialist would focus on the outcomes of decisions. Different ethical decisionmaking models have been proposed both by researchers and practitioners as described by Whittier et al (2006), Cottone and Claus (2000), and Casali and Perano (2021).…”

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Towards Ethics in Information Systems

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2021

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Information Systems (IS) plays an essential role in shaping almost all sectors of society, such as, commerce, politics, services, entertainment, information, relationships, among others. Digital technologies have enabled a new dimension of products, transmission, storage, and access to information. The outcome of this whole transformation process is intended to provide improvement and facilitating the lives and practices of individuals in society. However, we have also to face its negative impacts. We argue that situations involving both the design and the adoption or use of IS should be analyzed from the point of view of Ethics through a well-defined process that might help the professional and/or the citizen in making decisions in sensitive contexts when conceptual conflicts show up. To justify the definition of this process, we discuss the significance of the new technologies based on Andrew Feenberg's Philosophy of Technology. Grounded on this theory, we highlight the benefits and problems of the new technologies in the contemporary world. Finally, we present the process proposal and analyze the results of its application in the context of two well-known real cases and discuss the results in light of the theoretical foundation.

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“…A recent review of 40 years of research on ethical decision-making has indicated that ethical climate of an organization can have a significant impact on ethical behavior of employees and should be included in any complex research (Casali & Perano, 2020). According to Cullen et al, (2003, p. 128), an ethical climate of a firm is a component of its overall work climate and reflects managerial practices with ethical consequences.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Factors affecting ethical optimism of purchasing professionals in India

2021

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This study examines the impact of various ethical climate types, dependency factors, and ethical training on ethical optimism of purchasing professionals (n = 151) in India. Instrumental and independence climate types had a significant negative impact on ethical optimism. Other climate types (professional, caring, rules, and efficiency) had no significant impact on ethical optimism. Among the dependency factors, while task uncertainty had a significant positive impact, monitoring had a significant negative impact on ethical optimism. None of the other factors significantly impacted ethical optimism.

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Forty years of research on factors influencing ethical decision making: Establishing a future research agenda

Cited by 61 publications

References 83 publications

Discovering Knowledge and Cognitive Based Drivers for SMEs Internationalization

Discovering Knowledge and Cognitive Based Drivers for SMEs Internationalization

Towards Ethics in Information Systems

Factors affecting ethical optimism of purchasing professionals in India

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