The perceived role of ethics and social responsibility: A scale development

Singhapakdi, Anusorn; Vitell, Scott J.; Rallapalli, Kumar C.; Kraft, Kenneth L.

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“…Even though idealism and relativism were not conceptualized as contrasting, many researchers have found contrasting relationships of idealism and relativism with ethics constructs (Etheredge, 1999;Marta et al, 2001;Singhapakdi et al, 1996bSinghapakdi et al, , 1999Vitell et al, 1993). Idealism has been found to positively and relativism has been found to negatively influence the degree of deontological norms and ethical judgment (Vitell et al, 1993), perceived importance of ethics and social responsibility (Etheredge, 1999;Singhapakdi et al, 1996b), and ethical judgment and behavioral intention (Marta et al, 2001;Singhapakdi et al, 1996bSinghapakdi et al, , 1999. Drawn from the empirical findings, it is hypothesized that idealism and relativism influence socially responsible buying decisions in a contrasting way.…”

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“…The 13-item PRESOR scale was developed by Singhapakdi et al (1996b) and revised by Etheredge (1999). Etheredge (1999) found two negatively intercorrelated dimensions with nine items (Cronbach's alphas of 0.75 and 0.73).…”

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“…The construct assesses the perceived importance of ethics and social responsibility in business, which is highly suitable for ethical business decisions. In studies, the PRESOR scale was found to have significant associations with idealism and relativism and be a predictor of ethical judgments (Etheridge, 1999;Singhapakdi et al, 1996b).…”

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“…When they come to SRB, which deals with business decisions rather than individual decisions, buying/sourcing professionals will require an evaluation of their actions in respect of business before they form intentions of SRB. One of the ethics construct found in the literature that is related to idealism and relativism is PRESOR (perceived role of ethics and social responsibility for business effectiveness) (Singhapakdi et al, 1996b). The construct assesses the perceived importance of ethics and social responsibility in business, which is highly suitable for ethical business decisions.…”

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The Role of Idealism and Relativism as Dispositional Characteristics in the Socially Responsible Decision-Making Process

Park

2005

J Bus Ethics

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This study investigated how decisionmakers differ in processing their organizational environment (peers and organizational control systems), depending on the levels of their idealism and relativism. Focusing on socially responsible buying/sourcing issues, responses from buying/sourcing professionals from U.S. apparel and shoe companies were analyzed, using a series of regression analyses. The results generally supported the proposition that the degrees of idealism and relativism determine involvement levels that, in turn, result in varying levels of reactions to the organizational environment and corresponding amounts of information processing. Highly idealistic (relativistic) individuals were influenced by only idealistic (relativistic) signals of organizational environment. Further analysis showed highly idealistic and relativistic individuals were more likely to evaluate the organizational environment in terms of its business merit. The results suggest that organizations need to carefully plan how to communicate underlying meanings of organizational initiatives with their employees, knowing that individuals who have strong ethical opinions will only react to what they believe and elaborate its value for business. Further theoretical and practical implications and suggestions are discussed.

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2005

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“…This is consistent with the finding of Caswell and Gould (2008) that a strong relationship exists between an individual's ethical ideologies and his / her ethical behaviour, and a positive relationship exists between the intent to behave ethically and justice. Singhapakdi et al (1996) concluded that there was a significant relationship between idealism and ethical behaviour. This is consistent with the findings of Caswell and Gould (2008), who found a positive relationship within the dimensions of idealism and ethical behaviour, whereby respondents tended to be more sensitive as their idealism score increased.…”

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Ethical Decision Making in Academic Dishonesty with Application of Modified Theory of Planned Behavior: A Review

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Othman²,

Alby³

et al. 2014

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This conceptual paper studies the application of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TBP) in academic dishonesty with the mediating variable of ethical ideologies. The study reviews literature on the Theory of Planned Behavior and past studies pertaining to academic dishonesty. The paper analyses the relationship of the variables of TPB on academic dishonesty with ethical ideologies. A conceptual research framework is presented; it provides insight into predicting and understanding how academic dishonesty can occur. The framework suggests that ethical ideology is significantly strengthened by the application of TPB in understanding and predicting how academic dishonesty occurs. Given that ethical ideology provides guidance in judging right and wrong, duty, obligation and moral responsibility, it is an appropriate tool for the researcher, who needs better understanding to diagnose the influences of ethical ideology on unethical behaviour.

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Gender Makes a Difference: Investigating Consumer Purchasing Behavior and Attitudes Toward Corporate Social Responsibility Policies

Jones

Reilly

Cox

et al. 2017

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The balance between profit maximization and corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become a strategic issue of considerable importance. A key factor in understanding this relationship is identifying consumer reactions to engaging in CSR. Prior literature suggests a gap between consumers' environmental attitudes and behaviors. This study examines this relationship and finds evidence that gender significantly influences this gap between attitudes and behaviors. Specifically, we find that for female segments of the consumer population, this gap is greatly reduced. We use social identity theory to explain this phenomenon of gender differences as they relate to CSR. Along with providing insight to CSR at the individual level with attitudes and behaviors, our findings also have implications at the firm‐ level for how organizations choose and strategically signal their CSR strategies toward specific consumer segments. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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The perceived role of ethics and social responsibility: A scale development

Cited by 299 publications

References 21 publications

The Role of Idealism and Relativism as Dispositional Characteristics in the Socially Responsible Decision-Making Process

The Role of Idealism and Relativism as Dispositional Characteristics in the Socially Responsible Decision-Making Process

Ethical Decision Making in Academic Dishonesty with Application of Modified Theory of Planned Behavior: A Review

Gender Makes a Difference: Investigating Consumer Purchasing Behavior and Attitudes Toward Corporate Social Responsibility Policies

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