Situational ethics: An empirical study of differentiators of student attitudes

This paper reports the results of a questionnaire administered to 1178 undergraduate students and discusses how they responded to ten situations which asked them to assess their personal evaluation of the ethical acceptability, how society would similarly assess the situation and how business person...

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Authors: McNichols, Charles W. (Author) ; Zimmerer, Thomas W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 1985
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1985, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 175-180
Further subjects:B Undergraduate Student
B Ethical Action
B Empirical Study
B Student Attitude
B Economic Growth
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Summary:This paper reports the results of a questionnaire administered to 1178 undergraduate students and discusses how they responded to ten situations which asked them to assess their personal evaluation of the ethical acceptability, how society would similarly assess the situation and how business persons would respond. Multiple versions of the instrument were developed to investigate if the sex of the person involved in the situation would influence the respondents' perception of the ethical action involved. No differences were identified. Further, the image of business persons as less ethical than society in general seems to have evaporated.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00705616