The effects of individual difference factors on the acceptability of ethical and unethical workplace behaviors

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Gender, major in college and years of job experience as well as locus of control were shown to somewhat affect an individual's concern on whether a certain behavior is acceptable or not. Females tend to be more ethical in social situations than men. However, men and people with work experiences were found to accept only extra-organizational behaviors of an uncertain ethical nature than females and those without work experience, respectively. Also, a person's regard to intra or extra organizational behaviors of uncertain ethical nature is not affected by his educational background.

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Justice and trust

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A successful free enterprise economy as seen in the US does not necessarily mean that US employment practices are an integral part of that success. These practices are shown to erode trust in the workplace and unfair to both workers and managers. These practices, assuming Jeffrey Pfeffer is right, do not maximize long-term corporate growth or profits. A better understanding of US employment practices could help in the development of alternative models that are neither antithetical to free enterprise nor degrading to workers.

Business Personnel Management, Human resource management, Manpower policy, Workers, Free enterprise

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Individualist economic values and self-interest: the problem in the Puritan ethics

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A greater understanding of true Puritan ethic can help contemporary business ethics in facing the problem of self-interest. Puritan ethic puts self interest in contrast with the common good. The contrast can be clearly seen in the Puritan understanding of economic virtues, contracts, wealth and poverty, the role of the government in the economy and vocation. Moreover, Puritan moralists encourage people to work for the common good while legitimating economic individualism.

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