Behavioral Ethics: Challenging Fundamental Assumptions and Insights in the Field

Abstract

Business ethics has emerged as one of the most critical issues confronting society, and a substantial literature in behavioral ethics provides important insights into ethical decision making in organizations. In this symposium, we challenge some of the fundamental assumptions and insights in this literature. In a series of papers, we demonstrate that though prior research provides important insights into ethical perceptions, ethical decision making, and unethical behavior in organizations, many characteristics and relationships remain uncertain. In all, our symposium pushes the boundaries of the field of behavioral ethics, raises important theoretical, empirical, and methodological questions, and prompts the need for more research on ethical decision making and unethical behavior in organizations. The Link Between Effort and Dishonesty Presenter: Samuel Skowronek; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Presenter: Maurice Schweitzer; U. of Pennsylvania Honesty in Organizations Presenter: Binyamin Cooper; Carnegie Mellon U. Presenter: Taya R. Cohen; Carnegie Mellon U. - Tepper School of Business Presenter: Elizabeth Huppert; U. Of Chicago Presenter: Emma Levine; U. Of Chicago Presenter: William Fleeson; Wake Forest U. How to Reduce Unethical Behavior & Increase Voice: The Role of Moral Ownership & Perspective-Taking Presenter: Danielle E. Warren; Rutgers U. Presenter: Öykü Arkan; Rutgers Business School Tainted by Affiliation: How Cognitive Style Shapes Spillover Effects Presenter: Rebecca Chae; Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara U. Presenter: Yong H. Kim; Texas A&M U. Presenter: Julia Lee Cunningham; U. of Michigan Economic Inequality Increases the Acceptability of Others’ Unethical Behavior Presenter: Christopher To; Northwestern Kellogg School of Management Presenter: Dylan Wiwad; Northwestern Kellogg School of Management Presenter: Maryam Kouchaki; Northwestern Kellogg School of Management Strategic Moral Advice Seeking and Taking: A Theoretical Model and Propositions Presenter: Joseph P. Gaspar; Quinnipiac U. Presenter: Redona Methasani; U. of Connecticut