Cynicism as a Fundamental Dimension of Moral Decision-Making: A Scale Development
Altruism and cynicism are two fundamental algorithms of moral decision-making. This derives from the evolution of cooperative behavior and reciprocal altruism and the need to avoid being taken advantage of. Rushton (1986) developed a self-report scale to measure altruism, however no scale to measure...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2001
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2001, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 123-136 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Morality B Altruism B Cynicism |
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| Summary: | Altruism and cynicism are two fundamental algorithms of moral decision-making. This derives from the evolution of cooperative behavior and reciprocal altruism and the need to avoid being taken advantage of. Rushton (1986) developed a self-report scale to measure altruism, however no scale to measure cynicism has been developed for use in ethics research. Following a discussion of reciprocal altruism and cynicism, this article presents an 11-item self-report scale to measure cynicism, developed and validated using a sample of 271 customer-service and sales personnel. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1012268705059 |