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This study considers the ethical decision making of individual employees and the influence their perception of organizational expectations has on employee feelings about the decision making process. A self-administered questionnaire design was used for gathering data in this study, with a sample size of 245 full-time employees. The match between the ethical alternative chosen by the respondent and that alternative perceived to be encouraged by his/her organization was found to be significantly related to both feelings of discomfort and feelings of intrapersonal role conflict. Implications for these findings are discussed.
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Sims, R.L., Keon, T.L. The Influence of Organizational Expectations on Ethical Decision Making Conflict. Journal of Business Ethics 23, 219–228 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006040109517
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