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Effects of cultural values and beliefs on the resolution of ethical dilemmas
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Effects of cultural values and beliefs on the resolution of ethical dilemmas
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a U.S.-Turkey comparison
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Unal
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Ali Fehmi
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1982-
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Ali Fehmi Unal
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Chen
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Chao
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Chao Chen
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chair
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Danielle
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Danielle Warren
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Oliver
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Oliver Sheldon
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Gully
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Stan
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Stan Gully
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Rutgers University
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Graduate School - Newark
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2015
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2015-10
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2015
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eng
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Priority given to goals of prosperity, justice and rights affect organizational and societal stability and progression; however, research on the trade-offs between these goals has been relatively scarce. In this study, I investigate whether managers from the U.S. and Turkey resolve ethical dilemmas differently and whether the cultural value of collectivism and the inequality-is-just belief explain such differences. By cross examining the broad dimensions of collective welfare (economic prosperity vs. social justice) and individual rights (rights of the privileged vs. those of the disadvantaged) I developed four ethical dilemmas that involve conflicts between 1) economic prosperity and social justice, 2) economic prosperity and rights of the disadvantaged, 3) social justice and rights of the privileged, and 4) rights of the privileged and those of the disadvantaged. Scenarios situate the ethical dilemmas in the context of a society and a company. Data from 286 managers in the U.S. and Turkey was analyzed, and the results reveal that Turkish managers were more collectivistic and have weaker belief that inequality is just than U.S. managers. Compared with their U.S. counterparts, Turkish managers showed a stronger preference for social justice over economic prosperity and the rights of the privileged in the society scenarios, a stronger preference for economic prosperity over rights of the disadvantaged in the company scenario, as well as a stronger preference for rights of the disadvantaged over the privileged in both scenarios. Inequality justification had a positive effect on preference for economic prosperity over social justice in both scenarios, preference for economic prosperity and rights of the privileged over the disadvantaged in the society scenario, and preference for rights of the privileged over social justice in the company scenario. Furthermore, collectivism had a significant positive effect on preference for social justice over privileged rights in the company scenario. And finally, the effect of nationality on ethical preferences was at least partially mediated by inequality justification and collectivism in the above ethical dilemmas where collectivism and inequality justification had significant effects. Theoretical and practical implications of cross-cultural and within culture differences in ethical preferences are discussed.
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Management
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Ethical problems--United States
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Ethical problems--Turkey
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Equality
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Justice
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (x, 144 p. : ill.)
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Ph.D.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Ali Fehmi Unal
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Graduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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doi:10.7282/T3XS5XDV
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ETD doctoral
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The author owns the copyright to this work.
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Unal
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Ali
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Fehmi
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2015-08-18 21:48:33
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Ali Unal
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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