Are Callings Always Ethically Good?: Why and When Occupational Calling Inhibits Unethical Decision-Making Among Researchers

In recent years, attention to researchers' scientific misconduct has increased dramatically. Although existing research reflects a shared value that occupational calling is an ethical good (i.e., being more likely to make ethical choices), no empirical study has yet examined the ethical outcome...

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Authors: Xie, Baoguo 1979- (Author) ; Zhang, Xinrou (Author) ; Gao, Xueyuan (Author) ; Zhou, Xiaoxue (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer 2024
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2024, Volume: 191, Issue: 2, Pages: 357-372
Further subjects:B I-EDM
B Occupational calling
B Work-unit structure
B Unethical decision-making
B Moral Disengagement
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