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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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- 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
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- FWCI
- 11.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Human Relations (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource 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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