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Our Journey

Our Journey. Framing…The elusive nature of an important behaviour. Theory of the self Ethical behaviour as a part of a decision making process Individual vs. situational variables Putting it all together. Context / situation Weak vs. Strong Script Stanford prison experiments.

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Our Journey

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  1. Our Journey • Framing…The elusive nature of an important behaviour. • Theory of the self • Ethical behaviour as a part of a decision making process • Individual vs. situational variables • Putting it all together

  2. Context / situation • Weak vs. Strong • Script • Stanford prison experiments • Perspectives • Business as a jungle • Business as a game • Business as war • Individual variables • Moral identity • Locus of control • Competitiveness Moral behaviour Values & beliefs Decision making process Awareness / Judgement /Intent / Behaviour • Self-regulatory processes • Emotions • Rationalization • Moral reasoning • Duties • Consequences • Justice • Virtue • Culture • Nationality • Organisational • Department Moral behaviour a mind map

  3. What influences people’s behaviour? Personal variables )Moral) Behaviour Situational variables

  4. Recognize moral issue (awareness) Make moral judgement Establish moral intent Engage in moral behaviour Decision Making process An issue-contingent model of ethical decision making in organizations / Adapted from Jones 1991

  5. Rationalization Self-regulation and rationalization (Moral) Behavior Mood Positive/Negative Later behaviour Bandura 1999

  6. Rationalizations (Bandura 1999) • Moral justification (It would have hurt her more if I told the truth) • Euphemistic labelling (I am “flexible” with the truth) • Advantageous comparison (This little lie is better than people who steal from their boss) • Displacement of responsibility (He pushed me into a corner – I had to lie) • Diffusion of responsibility (We all decided together that this was the right thing to do) • Disregard or distortion of consequences (A little lie never hurt anybody) • Dehumanization (He’s a ‘worm’ he doesn’t deserve the truth) • Attribution of blame (He left me no choice, I had to lie)

  7. Putting it all together – an example Moral Disengagement Moral Identity Competitiveness Affect Positive/Negative Moral Behavior Support for negative behaviour

  8. Ethics: “It is the domain of obedience to the unenforceable. That obedience is the obedience of a man to that which he cannot be forced to obey. He is the forcer of the law upon himself” Lord Moulton 1924 (in Kidder 2003)

  9. Questions, anyone?

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