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Why Is It (Un-)ethical? Comparing Potential European Partners: A Western Christian and An Eastern Islamic Country – On Arguments Used in Explaining Ethical Judgments

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  • Katharina Srnka
  • A. Gegez
  • S. Arzova

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Located at the crossroads of the Eastern and Western world, Turkey today is characterized by a demographically versatile and modernizing society as well as a rapidly developing economy. Currently, the country is negotiating its accession to the European Union. This article yields some factual grounding into the ongoing value-related debate concerning Turkey’s potential EU-membership. It describes a mixed-methodology study on moral reasoning in Austria and Turkey. In this study, the arguments given by individuals when evaluating ethically problematic situations in business were compared. Although there were major consistencies, a number of differences were found. These differences, however, were not in the substance (categories) of arguments used but in their relative frequency. Overall, our findings suggest that young, well-educated urban individuals from Western Christian and Eastern Islamic countries are highly consistent in their moral reasoning. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007

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  • Katharina Srnka & A. Gegez & S. Arzova, 2007. "Why Is It (Un-)ethical? Comparing Potential European Partners: A Western Christian and An Eastern Islamic Country – On Arguments Used in Explaining Ethical Judgments," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 74(2), pages 101-118, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:74:y:2007:i:2:p:101-118
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9223-1
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