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Understanding Ethical Behavior and Decision Making in Management: A Behavioural Business Ethics Approach
Author(s) -
De Cremer David,
van Dick Rolf,
Tenbrunsel Ann,
Pillutla Madan,
Murnighan J. Keith
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2010.00733.x
Subject(s) - business ethics , ethical decision , psychology , business management , business , engineering ethics , marketing , management science , social psychology , economics , management , business administration , engineering
Management and businesses in general are constantly facing important ethical challenges. In the current special issue, we identify the widespread emergence of unethical decision‐making and behaviour in management as an important topic for a future research agenda. Specifically, we promote the use of a behavioural business ethics approach to better understand when management, leaders and businesses are inclined to act unethically and why this is the case. A behavioural business ethics approach which relies on important insights from psychology should be a necessary addition and complementary to the traditional normative approaches used in business ethics.