Ethical Decision Making of Future Mexican Managers

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Published Jun 15, 2018
DOI https://doi.org/10.30585/irabml.v1i1.58
Maria A. Leach-López
University of Southern Mississippi
Claire A. Stammerjohan
University of Louisiana - Monroe
William W. Stammerjohan
Louisiana Tech University
Megan M. Leach
University of Southern Mississippi

Abstract

A study to measure ethical decision making of Mexican business students compared to their US counterparts. Results suggest that Mexican students’ ethical decision-making frameworks differ from those documented by Keller et al. (2007) in their study of US students. Mexican students were not found to be highly religious, but subscribed more to utilitarian, deontological and hermeneutical frameworks for their ethical values. It is suggested that multinational firms doing business in Mexico might want to schedule ethics training of managers and to have a set of standards that employees can follow.

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Leach-López, M. A., Stammerjohan, C. A., Stammerjohan, W. W., & Leach, M. M. (2018). Ethical Decision Making of Future Mexican Managers. International Review of Advances in Business, Management and Law, 1(1), 85–94. https://doi.org/10.30585/irabml.v1i1.58

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Ethics, Mexico, Cultural, Ethical models, Decision making, Ethical decision making

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2018): International Review of Advances in Business, Management and Law
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