Moral Awareness in Business Organizations: Influences of Issue-Related and Social Context Factors
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Individuals' awarenessof moral issues is an important first step in the ethicaldecision-making process. Relying on research in social cognition andbusiness ethics, we hypothesized that moral awareness is influenced byissue-related factors (magnitude of consequences of the moral issueand issue framing in moral terms) and social contextrelated factors(competitive context and perceived social consensus that the issue isethically problematic). The hypotheses were tested in a fieldexperiment involving 291competitive intelligence practitioners.Results generally supported the hypotheses. Qualitative analysisyielded additional insights into the content of respondents' moralawareness.
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Only if a person is morally aware will they apply processes to render a moral judgment.
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- Authors
- Butterfield, K. D., Trevin, L. K., & Weaver, G. R.
- Affiliations
- Washington State University (US)
- The Smeal College of Business Administration, The Pennsylvania State University,
- University of Delaware (US)
- Corresponding author
- Butterfield, Kenneth D.
- Weaver, Gary R.
- Venue
- Human Relations
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2000-07
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 981-1018
- ISSN
- 0018-7267 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-282X
- OpenAlex
- W2116967824
- Cited by
- 508
- References
- 49
- Citations by year
- 2026: 21 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 34 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 30 · 2015: 29 · 2014: 25 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 55
- FWCI
- 11.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Human Relations (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Ethics in medical practice
- Keywords
- moral awareness, business ethics, ethical decision-making, issue framing, competitive environment, social cognition
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