Private And Public Sector Ethics

Abstract

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 34.2pt 0pt 0.5in; tab-stops: center 3.25in; mso-hyphenate: none;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Differences between public and private-sector organizations were proposed to lead to different ethical perceptions, principles and judgments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>As expected, employees working in the public and private sector and enrolled in a night MBA program did display significantly different ethical judgments that appeared to be partially, but not completely explained by significant differences in the ethical principles they reported emphasizing. Ethical decision-making models suggest, as we do, that differing ethical perceptions also played a part in the different judgments found.</span></p>