Public relations ethics: a cross-cultural analysis

This two-part study employed 11 qualitative interviews, the Defining Issues Test (DIT) and a quantitative version of the five-factor TARES test to complete the first cross-cultural analysis of the ethical decision-making patterns of public relations practitioners. The DIT is an instrument based on Kohlberg’s (1969) moral development theory, the TARES test composed of 14 self-enforced, ethical consideration statements derived from the research of Baker and Martinson (2001). Results indicate no statistically significant difference in levels of moral development and ethical consideration between sampled practitioners in Australia, New Zealand and the United States (Lieber, 2003). This finding argues for a vocational uniformity in moral and ethical reasoning across these countries despite geographic, cultural, economic and ethnic disparities.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Mass Communication

Grantor

Mass Communication

Year dc:date.available

2005

Author dc:creator

• Lieber, Paul Stuart

• New Zealand
• Australia
• moral development
• cross-cultural
• ethics
• public relations
• TARES
• defining issues test

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.

Identifier

etd-12092004-163021
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/1138

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.lsu.edu:gradschool_dissertations-2137