RT Article T1 Deride, abide or dissent: On the ethics of professional conduct JF Journal of business ethics VO 10 IS 1 SP 37 OP 44 A1 Hauptman, Robert A1 Hill, Fred LA English PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V YR 1991 UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785601350 AB In the professions of today are ethical concerns of no overwhelming importance? Are these concerns less important in certain professions rather than others? Do some practitioners carry a blase attitude regarding ethics within their profession?, This study, sometimes asking “life-blood”, “career-jeopardizing” questions is less interested in electronic data results and more interested in actual respondent replies on dissent and competence., There is strong evidence that the ethical ethos that has given American society its direction has been damaged; further, it has been the professed professionals who have been the major contributors to the ethical decline. K1 Ethos K1 Major Contributor K1 Data Result K1 Strong Evidence K1 Economic Growth DO 10.1007/BF00383691