On measuring ethical judgments
We critique a series of recent papers in which Reidenbach and Robin developed a multidimensional ethics scale. Our critique raises four problems for the scale. First, it is not clear what the scale measures. Second, the semantic differential items used in the scale seem problematic. Third, the scale...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1993
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
Year: 1993, Volume: 12, Issue: 7, Pages: 535-545 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethical Judgment
B Ethic Scale B Scale Measure B Ethical Rationale B Economic Growth |
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| Summary: | We critique a series of recent papers in which Reidenbach and Robin developed a multidimensional ethics scale. Our critique raises four problems for the scale. First, it is not clear what the scale measures. Second, the semantic differential items used in the scale seem problematic. Third, the scale omits several important ethical rationales. Finally, no caveats accompany the scale to alert managers about its proper and improper use. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00872376 |