Comparative Analysis of Jones’ and Kelley’s Ethical Decision-Making Models

Yi-Ming Yu ()

Journal of Business Ethics, 2015, vol. 130, issue 3, 573-583

Abstract: This study used structural equation modeling to verify the performance of the ethical decision-making models developed by Jones and by Kelley and Elm. A comparison showed that the Kelley and Elm decision model yielded the optimal degree of fit. The investigations conducted in this study indicated that moral intensities are not an objective, existing concept but rather the product of subjective perception influenced by organizational factors. In addition to directly influencing ethical decisions, organizational factors indirectly influence ethical decisions through moral intensities. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015

Keywords: Administration ethics; Moral intensity; Kelley and Elm model; Jones model; Organizational alienation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2245-1

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