during three last decades some modem ethical philosophers, called ,communitarians, reviving aristotelian virtualistic ethics, have criticized intensively ethical and political views of utilitarian and new kantian liberalism. this ,doctrine emphasizing on political ethical , and psychological importance of correlations to societies believes that ethical arguments and judgments must derive from c...

The subjective lens through which each person sees the world, attitudes about obligations given to others, and situational context in ethical decisions are made all contribute definition of morality, is a personal standard good wrong. result person's life experiences, underlying assumptions, values; it serves as foundation for judgments’ other people's behavior, their reliability, extent others...

The ethical decision-making process begins when an individual recognizes an ethical dilemma. Subsequently, the individual makes a judgment and forms behavioral intentions, which are thought to be predictive of actual behavior. This process is affected by individual, situational and issue-contingent factors. Our study examines the effect of four issue contingencies on marketers’ ethical decision...

Background: The professional identity and gender of the auditors are among the factors that can affect and change the ethical judgment of external auditors. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of professional identity on ethical judgment and to investigate the mediating role of gender in this influence. Method: The method of this research is descriptive-survey of ...

Purpose– Scholars have adopted a multiple ethical paradigms approach in an attempt to better understand the bases upon which everyday ethical dilemmas are resolved by educational leaders. The aim of this study is to examine the ethical considerations in ethical judgments of aspiring principals. Design/methodology/approach– To examine the ethical considerations involved in school leadership deci...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose and empirically test an ethical decision-making model in an information technology (IT) context. The model includes both demographic and personality variables, their direct influence on beliefs and judgments, and their influence on the relationships between beliefs, judgments, and moral intent. Design/methodology/approach – Subjects were assesse...

Through multidimensional scaling three factors—potential subject harm, use of manipulative illegitimate procedures, and the ratio between benefits and risks— were identified as the key characteristics associated with moral judgments of social psychological studies. Individuals who endorsed different ethical ideologies, however, differed in their emphasis of these factors. Situationists emphasiz...