Title :
Understanding organizational wrongdoing II
Abstract :
For part I see ibid., vol.22, p.156-7 (2003). Understanding ethical wrongdoing is a topic in moral psychology, the study of the psychological dimensions of ethics. This includes, but is not limited to cognitive, volitional, and behavioral aspects of ethical or unethical thinking and acting. A central question in moral psychology concerns the psychological factors that contribute to unethical decisions. Theories that illuminate unethical behavior in organizations are examined in this essay.
Keywords :
cognition; ethical aspects; organisational aspects; psychology; social sciences; cognitive theory; ethics; moral psychology; organizational wrongdoing; volitional theory; Biological control systems; Board of Directors; Centralized control; Drugs; Environmental economics; Ethics; Humans; Marketing and sales; Power generation economics; Psychology; Crime; Ethics; Ethics, Institutional; Industry; Leadership; Psychology, Industrial; United States;
Journal_Title :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MEMB.2006.1607677
