The efficacy of accounts for a breach of confidentiality by management

Management and non-management employees of a northeastern bank read a description of a manager who engaged in a breach of confidentiality. Subjects were asked to evaluate the acceptability of 27 excuses. Results showed that subjects' ratings of acceptability were affected by their individual pe...

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Main Author: Giacalone, Robert A. (Author)
Contributors: Pollard, Hinda Greyser
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 1987
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1987, Volume: 6, Issue: 5, Pages: 393-397
Further subjects:B Individual Perception
B Stimulus Manager
B Economic Growth
B Northeastern Bank
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Summary:Management and non-management employees of a northeastern bank read a description of a manager who engaged in a breach of confidentiality. Subjects were asked to evaluate the acceptability of 27 excuses. Results showed that subjects' ratings of acceptability were affected by their individual perception of the severity of the stimulus manager's breach of confidentiality. Subjects' rank did not affect acceptability of accounts.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00382896