The Effects of Religiosity on Ethical Judgments

• Published in: Journal of business ethics Vol. 106; no. 4; pp. 437 - 452
• Main Authors: Walker, Alan G., Smither, James W., DeBode, Jason
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.04.2012; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Series: Journal of Business Ethics
• Subjects: Behavior; Business and Management; Business Ethics; Christianity; Decision making; Education; Effects of religion on ethics; Ethical behavior; Ethics; Interactionism; Management; Moral judgment; Motivation; Philosophy; Quality of Life Research; Relational ethics; Religion; Religion and ethics; Religiosity; Religious ethics; Researchers; Sanctification; Spiritual belief systems; Spirituality; Spirituality and ethics; Work environment; Religion; Spirituality and ethics; Effects of religion on ethics; Religiosity; Religion and ethics

The relationship between religiosity and ethical behavior at work has remained elusive. In fact, inconsistent results in observed magnitudes and direction led Hood et al. (The psychology of religion: An empirical approach, 1996) to describe the relationship between religiosity and ethics as "so...