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Individual Difference Variables, Ethical Judgments, and Ethical Behavioral Intentions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Kenneth Bass ,
Tim Barnett  and
Gene Brown
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This study examined the relationship between the individual difference variables of personal moral philosophy, locus of control, Machiavellianism, and just world beliefs and ethical judgments and behavioral intentions. A sample of 602 marketing practitioners participated in the study. Structural equation modeling was used to test hypothesized relationships. The results either fully or partially supported hypothesized direct effects for idealism, relativism, and Machiavellianism. Findings also suggested that Machiavellianism mediated the relationship between individual difference variables and ethical judgments/behavioral intentions.

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 183 - 205
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 1999

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