Abstract
Two studies tested the relationship between three facets of personality-conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness to experience-as well as moral identity, on individuals' ethical ideology. Study 1 showed that moral personality and the centrality of moral identity to the self were associated with a more principled (versus expedient) ethical ideology in a sample of female speech therapists. Study 2 replicated these findings in a sample of male and female college students, and showed that ideology mediated the relationship between personality, moral identity, and two organizationally relevant outcomes: organizational citizenship behavior and the propensity to morally disengage. Implications for business ethics are discussed.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 35-56 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Business Ethics Quarterly |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 2010 |
