RT Article
T1 Ethical Decision Making: Special or No Different?
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 107
IS 3
SP 313
OP 329
A1 Elm, Dawn R.
A1 Radin, Tara J.
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2012
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785644785
AB Theories of ethical decision making assume it is a process that is special, or different in some regard, from typical individual decision making. Empirical results of the most widely known theories in the field of business ethics contain numerous inconsistencies and contradictions. In an attempt to assess why we continue to lack understanding of how individuals make ethical decisions at work, an inductive study of ethical decision making was conducted. The results of this preliminary study suggest that ethical decision making might not be meaningfully “special” or different from other decision making processes. The implications of this research are potentially significant in that they challenge the fundamental assumption of existing ethical decision making research. This research could serve as an impetus for further examination of whether ethical decision making is meaningfully different from other decision making processes. Such studies could create new directions for the field of business ethics.
K1 Qualitative Research
K1 Inductive study
K1 Decision Making
K1 Ethical decision making
K1 Business Ethics
DO 10.1007/s10551-011-1041-4