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Sensemaking Strategies for Ethical Decision Making

Jay J. Caughron · Alison L. Antes · Cheryl K. Stenmark · Chase E. Thiel · Xiaoqian Wang · Michael D. Mumford

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Ethics in Business and Education Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Abstract

The current study uses a sensemaking model and thinking strategies identified in earlier research to examine ethical decision-making. Using a sample of 163 undergraduates, a low fidelity simulation approach is used to study the effects personal involvement (in causing the problem and personal involvement in experiencing the outcomes of the problem) could have on the use of cognitive reasoning strategies that have been shown to promote ethical decision-making. A mediated model is presented which suggests that environmental factors influence reasoning strategies, reasoning strategies influence sensemaking, and sensemaking in turn influences ethical decision-making. Findings were mixed but generally supported the hypothesized model. Interestingly, framing the outcomes of ethically charged situations in terms of more global organizational outcomes rather than personal outcomes was found to promote the use of pro-ethical cognitive reasoning strategies.

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