Ethical Decision Making in Times of Organizational Crisis: A Framework for Analysis

The article describes a framework that identifies event, organizational, and individual factors that threaten ethical decision making in organizations facing discrete crises or in an ongoing crisis environment. Nine propositions are stated that predict threats to ethical decision making during crisi...

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Published in:Business & society 2003-09, Vol.42 (3), p.328-358
Main Authors: Christensen, Sandra L., Kohls, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Sociology
Sociology of organizations and enterprises. Bureaucracy and administration
Sociology of work and sociology of organizations
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Summary:The article describes a framework that identifies event, organizational, and individual factors that threaten ethical decision making in organizations facing discrete crises or in an ongoing crisis environment. Nine propositions are stated that predict threats to ethical decision making during crisis. A comparison between predictions from our model and from Jones's (1991) model is made. Suggestions for research to test and refine the framework are proposed.
ISSN:0007-6503
1552-4205
DOI:10.1177/0007650303255855