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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Moral Behavior"”.
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BRIDGING THE GAP: INSTILLING MORAL COURAGE AND IMPELLING MORAL ACTION IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY SPHERE
… agencies are largely contingent on the moral behavior of their workforces. Recent and historical instances of moral failure have reduced public trust in law enforcement organizations and undermined their missions. A better understanding of the determinants of moral behavior and drivers …
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The Tree of Knowledge: Children's Knowledge and their Perceived Morality
… fictional entity. One possible reason for these behaviors is that people perceive that children who are more knowledgeable are less innocent and pure, and therefore less moral. Two studies in this thesis tested whether increased knowledge held by a hypothetical child was negatively linked to …
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Willingness to Accept Forgiveness in Various Religious Targets.
<p>Three scenarios regarding a target man's moral behavior were used to examine 'religious halo' 'religious boomerang', and a 'halo recovery' effect. Initially, participants rated a male target in response to his religious affiliation. Secondly, participants rated the male target following an act …
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Ethical Finances? A Special View of Ethical Banking, Socially Responsible Investments = Etikus pénzügyek? Etikus pénzügyek és társadalmilag felelős befektetések
… Dissertation are to define a "measurement" of moral behavior for Economics: 1. By using a definition of Ethics to introduce and discuss Ethical Banking and Socially Responsible Investments. 2. To try to measure the performance of Ethics by not only qualitative but also with quantitative …
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An Examination of the Relationship Between Ethical Work Climate and Moral Awareness
… the fields of history, sociology, psychology, moral philosophy, and organizational theory to establish a theoretical connection between a social/organizational influence (Ethical Work Climate) and an individual cognitive element of moral behavior (moral awareness). The research was designed to …
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Jane Austen and the civilized woman: moral development and gender
“Jane Austen and the Civilized Woman: Moral Development and Gender” examines Austen’s juvenilia as well as her six completed novels, and explores the interconnections among theories of (Western) civilization and gender, such as those discussed in the long-eighteenth century and in recent times. …
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Nature and Origin of Moral Agency in Mammalia
Moral philosophers often claim that animals lack the basic capacities needed for morality. However, with no account that states the minimal requirements for being a moral agent, that claim is vulnerable. After developing such an account, the dissertation shows that many species of mammals satisfy …
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Toward an Objective Measure of Moral Development for Children
<p>Problem. Research on moral development in school-age children has been hampered by the lack of measurement tools based on a comprehensive model that includes moral cognition, moral emotions, and moral behavior. This study presents the first step toward the development of an objective measure of …
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CONSTRUCTING A NEW MORAL IDENTITY CENTRALITY MEASURE
… in this paper was to create a new measure of moral identity centrality (MIC), and to begin testing its psychometric properties. MIC refers to the extent to which moral concerns are central (i.e., important) to a person's self-concept, and it was important to create a new measure of this …
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Does Self-Complexity Predict Dishonest Behavior Via Cognitive Dissonance?
… dissonance is an important factor in regulating behavior, particularly moral behavior (Aronson, Fried, & Stone, 1999), and may explain how self-complexity leads to negative life outcomes. The present study examined if high self-complexity might buffer against the tension of cognitive dissonance, …
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Exploring the role of ethical governance in enhancing organisationa performance: the case of Collins Chabane Local Municpalty
… municipal administrators face more difficult moral conundrums. Almost every level of the public sector's service delivery has seen a decrease in ethical governance since the new democratic era in South Africa. According to the literature study, ethical problems that plague public …
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Organizational Justice, Moral Ideology, and Moral Evaluation as Antecedents of Moral Intent
… ethical decision-making draws from the fields of moral philosophy, social psychology, and organizational theory with the intention of establishing links among social/organizational influences, individual cognitive elements of moral behavior, individual difference characteristics, and the intention …
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The use and significance of the matchmaker in representative novels of Henry James
… dwells on the consequences of delinquent moral behavior. In order to represent the moral shortcomings of modern society, he often resorts to character types to illustrate his judgments and evaluations of the human condition. Since the novelist deemed human relations an essential element in …
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SOCIALIC: A novel role-playing simulation exercise for ethics teaching in higher education institutions
… effect a positive change in students’ expected moral behavior and equip them with the real-world skills required to conduct their professions ethically. We remark that role-play simulations are one of the most promising instruction methods, and highlight the potential to augment their positive …
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Effects of Moral Sensitivity and Moral Climate on Moral Reasoning
… are expected to behave ethically and morally. It is assumed that moral and ethical reasoning in psychology students develops through exposure to ethical dilemmas within ethics classes and during clinical training experiences. Rest's Four Component Model of Moral Behavior, a …
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The effect of religious priming on recalled regrets
… effects of religious priming on cognition and behavior in the present. For example, priming participants with religious concepts promotes cooperation in economic games (Shariff & Norenzayan, 2007) and increases public self-awareness (Gervais & Norenzayan, 2012). Theories used to explain these …
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Ethical Reasoning, Machiavellian Behavior, and Gender: The Impact on Accounting Students' Ethical Decision Making
… (Christie and Geis, 1970) is used to measure moral behavior. Eight ethical vignettes adapted from prior ethics studies represent realistic, business ethical scenarios. A total of sixty-eight undergraduate accounting students are used to examine three hypotheses. Literature suggests that …
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ARE THE MORALLY EXCEPTIONAL CONSISTENTLY MORAL?
… consistency is an appropriate way to identify moral exemplars and if these moral exemplars display the same consistency when responding to various morality measures (as measured by their self-reported levels of morality matching their perceived levels of morality from behaving in a moral …
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IMPROVING DATA QUALITY WITH FOUR SHORT SENTENCES: HOW AN HONOR CODE CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE DURING DATA COLLECTION
… only with an honor code, and no other cues of moral behavior, might lead to psychological reactance (i.e., participants perceiving their freedom or control was threatened). This psychological reactance was likely due to participants feeling coerced to respond honestly by the honor code rather …
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