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Why Ethics is not the Only Thing that Matters

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  • Messick, David M.

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Ethics surely matters to people, but to ignore the fact that other things matter as well is to oversimplify human motivation and behavior. Human action is often the ungainly resolution of conflicts between ethical and egotistical impulses, and the challenge for moral psychology is to understand these conflicts and their resolution.

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  • Messick, David M., 1996. "Why Ethics is not the Only Thing that Matters," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 6(2), pages 223-226, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:6:y:1996:i:02:p:223-226_01
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    1. Gino, Francesca & Margolis, Joshua D., 2011. "Bringing ethics into focus: How regulatory focus and risk preferences influence (Un)ethical behavior," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Elsevier, vol. 115(2), pages 145-156, July.
    2. Meizhen Lin & Xiaoyi Wu & Xiaolu Li, 2023. "Who are the Empowered Employees: Those with High Work Performance or High Ethical Behavior?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 186(3), pages 615-631, September.
    3. Ramazan Kaynak & Tuba Sert, 2012. "The Impact of Service Supplier’s Unethical Behavior to Buyer’s Satisfaction: An Empirical Study," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 109(2), pages 219-226, August.

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