Journal of Business Ethics 34 (2):123 - 136 (2001)
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Altruism and cynicism are two fundamental algorithms of moral decision-making. This derives from the evolution of cooperative behavior and reciprocal altruism and the need to avoid being taken advantage of. Rushton (1986) developed a self-report scale to measure altruism, however no scale to measure cynicism has been developed for use in ethics research. Following a discussion of reciprocal altruism and cynicism, this article presents an 11-item self-report scale to measure cynicism, developed and validated using a sample of 271 customer-service and sales personnel.
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Keywords | altruism cynicism ethics morality |
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Reprint years | 2004 |
DOI | 10.1023/A:1012268705059 |
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