A Framework for the Examination of Relational Ethics: An Interactionist Perspective

Despite the widespread agreement that the ontology of the marketing discipline is exchange, marketing ethics researchers have largely adopted a monadic viewpoint of ethical decision making. In this research, an interactionist approach is adopted in order to introduce a dyadic perspective of un/ethic...

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Authors: Pelton, Lou E. (Author) ; Chowdhury, Jhinuk (Author) ; Vitell, Scott J. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 1999
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1999, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 241-253
Further subjects:B Decision Making
B Ethical Decision
B Ethical Dilemma
B Research Direction
B Marketing
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Summary:Despite the widespread agreement that the ontology of the marketing discipline is exchange, marketing ethics researchers have largely adopted a monadic viewpoint of ethical decision making. In this research, an interactionist approach is adopted in order to introduce a dyadic perspective of un/ethical decision making. The dyadic model includes each channel member's individual, situational and decision process factors linked by relationalism, an emerging paradigm in marketing channels. Relationalism is represented as a discriminating variable between perceived ethical dilemma and decision behaviour. Finally, a number of theoretical propositions are presented and future research directions are discussed.
ISSN:1573-0697
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1005935011952