The Significance of Gender in Predicting the Cognitive Moral Development of Business Practitioners Using the Sociomoral Reflection Objective Measure

Abstract

Bem Sex Role Inventory, business ethics education, business practitioners, cognitive moral development, gender, Gibbs, Kohlberg, sex, Sociomoral Reflection Objective Measure,

Green Governance: Boards of Directors’ Composition and Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility

“…Because of the risk that our sample has insufficient power to detect any real critical mass effect, future research should continue to examine this question. Another explanation for why having a critical mass of female directors was not associated with higher ECSR is that gender role orientation, more so than gender per se, may influence moral reasoning and environmental attitudes (Elm et al, 2001;Kracher & Marble, 2008).…”

Do the BSRI and PAQ Really Measure Masculinity and Femininity?

“…Bearing this in mind, it is not difficult to infer the possibility of accumulated error: a) when research is carried out on the characteristics of one of these four groups, b) when these four categories relate to different psychological variables (moral development or sexual behavior, to cite only a few of those studied), and c) when these categories are used as dependent or independent variables. In all these cases (a, b, c), there are combinations and mixtures of subjects in each category ("false positives and negatives") according to the instrument of evaluation (Fink et al, 2007;Kracher & Marble, 2008).…”

“…This type of research continues today: M and F are related to autobiographical memory, moral reasoning, sexual behavior, social cognition, etc. (Ely & Ryan, 2008;Fink, Brewer, Fehl, & Neave, 2007;Kracher & Marble, 2008;Wood, Heitmiller, Andreasen, & Nopoulos, 2008).…”

A New Methodological Approach for Studying Moral Reasoning Among Managers in Business Settings

“…In addition, decision making is assessed by placing individuals into pre-determined definable groups, namely, business students (Abdolmohammadi and Baker, 2007;West et al, 2004), managers (Kracher and Marble, 2008;Weber, 1990), cross-cultural ethnic groups (Monga, 2007;Srnka et al, 2007), auditors (Brown et al, 2007;Herron and Gilbertson, 2004;Warming-Rasmussen and Windsor, 2003), and for populations outside traditional business groups, such as nursing, counseling, and dentistry and veterinary medicine (Rest and Narvaez, 1994). Often subcategories or subgroups are designated, such as ''X% of managers reason at stage Y.…”