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| Author: | Jaffe, E. D. Pasternak, H. |
| Title: | Moral intensity as a predictor of social responsibility |
| Journal: | Business Ethics
2006 : JAN, VOL 15:1, p. 53-63 |
| Index terms: | ethics business ethics responsibility |
| Freeterms: | social responsibility morals moral intensity |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The article assesses intention to act in the framework of a dilemma in social responsibility drawing upon Jones' (1991) model of moral intensity and using an actual case of closing down a manufacturer in a town as an example. Respondents were selected to measure their proximity to the dilemma. Results indicate that the moral intensity construct is multidimensional with magnitude, harm and proximity on the one hand and consensus on the other. Therefore, a dilemma is weighted primarily by how much harm may be caused and the degree of social pressure to take action. |
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