جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « ethical decision-making » در نشریات گروه « علوم تربیتی »

The aim of the current research was to investigate the mental mechanisms of decision-making in moral dilemmas. The objectives of this study were: (1) to see the effect of the ethical principles of double effect and personal contact on the participants’ decision-making, (2) the relationship of immediate emotions with ethical decision-making, and (3) to examine the level of people's awareness of the underlying principles of their ethical decisions under time constraints. Mixed-methods design was used in this study. Research instruments included three scenarios adapted from similar studies. The statistical population included students active in virtual networks of national universities in Tehran. A number of 129 subjects were selected using convenience sampling. For statistical analysis, variance test analysis, Tukey's post hoc test, and Pearson's correlation coefficient were utilized. The research results showed the significant effect of both mentioned principles on the participants’ ethical decision making (p<0.001). Also, there was a positive correlation (p<0.01) between the degree of moral acceptability and the pleasant emotion about the moral events that occurred in the scenarios under time constraints. From the findings, it can be concluded that ethical decision-making depends on a dual system: 1- an intuitive, automatic, immediate, universal and emotion-based system, which is a function of fundamental mental mechanisms, and 2- a logical system, which is the result of conscious thinking and creates justifications for immediate moral decisions.

The advancement of technology and its impact on organizations has complicated the decision-making process; as a result, ethical decision-making has become a vital discourse in information technology organizations. This empirical study is an attempt to present a model of individual ethical decision-making in the area of information technology with an emphasis on big data. We used ethical scenarios and conducted quantitative methods to analyze data that were collected from 163 IT experts. Results show that the variables "locus of control and ego strength" affect an individual’s ethical behavior and "self-esteem and self-efficacy" affect "ego strength". Moreover, the variable "perceived probability of disclosure", which has been proposed by authors, has an effect on ethical intention. We conclude by stressing practical solutions to reduce ethical risks.

This study was conducted in order to identify the factors contributing to the ethical decision-making of adults, and to understand the role that creative morality plays in it.

To identify the factors affecting the moral decision-making of adults, a meta-synthesis of scientific researches in the field of ethical decision-making was performed. The articles used in this meta-synthesis were published in the 1990s in Iran. Actually, fifty-four articles were used in this meta-synthesis, all of which were published in scientific journals.

The result of this meta-synthesis shows the following seven factors to be the main influences on adults’ ethical decision making: one’s external environment, attitude, personality traits, learning abilities, mental and cognitive capabilities, demographic characteristics, and the specific conditions/circumstances of the moral issue at hand.

four of these factors, namely one’s environment, attitude, learning abilities, and the circumstances surrounding the moral issue signify the central role that creativity plays in moral decision making; through/using which a solution to various moral dilemmas could be found/through which a general scheme for solving ethical dilemmas can be devised.