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    A Meta-Analysis of Ethics Instruction Effectiveness in the Sciences
    with Lynn D. Devenport, Shane Connelly, Ryan P. Brown, Michael D. Mumford, Ethan P. Waples, and Alison L. Antes
    Ethics and Behavior 19 (5): 379-402. 2009.
    Scholars have proposed a number of courses and programs intended to improve the ethical behavior of scientists in an attempt to maintain the integrity of the scientific enterprise. In the present study, we conducted a quantitative meta-analysis based on 26 previous ethics program evaluation efforts, and the results showed that the overall effectiveness of ethics instruction was modest. The effects of ethics instruction, however, were related to a number of instructional program factors, such as …Read more
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    Field and Experience Influences on Ethical Decision Making in the Sciences
    with Ethan P. Waples, Jason H. Hill, Alison L. Antes, Lynn D. Devenport, Shane Connelly, Michael D. Mumford, and Ryan P. Brown
    Ethics and Behavior 19 (4): 263-289. 2009.
    Differences across fields and experience levels are frequently considered in discussions of ethical decision making and ethical behavior. In the present study, doctoral students in the health, biological, and social sciences completed measures of ethical decision making. The effects of field and level of experience with respect to ethical decision making, metacognitive reasoning strategies, social-behavioral responses, and exposure to unethical events were examined. Social and biological scienti…Read more
  •  91
    Environmental influences on ethical decision making: Climate and environmental predictors of research integrity
    with Michael D. Mumford, Shane Connelly, Jason H. Hill, Alison L. Antes, Ryan P. Brown, and Lynn D. Devenport
    Ethics and Behavior 17 (4). 2007.
    It is commonly held that early career experiences influence ethical behavior. One way early career experiences might operate is to influence the decisions people make when presented with problems that raise ethical concerns. To test this proposition, 102 first-year doctoral students were asked to complete a series of measures examining ethical decision making along with a series of measures examining environmental experiences and climate perceptions. Factoring of the environmental measure yielde…Read more
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    Articles: Validation of ethical decision making measures: Evidence for a new set of measures
    with Michael D. Mumford, Lynn D. Devenport, Ryan P. Brown, Shane Connelly, Jason H. Hill, and Alison L. Antes
    Ethics and Behavior 16 (4). 2006.
    Ethical decision making measures are widely applied as the principal dependent variable used in studies of research integrity. However, evidence bearing on the internal and external validity of these measures is not available. In this study, ethical decision making measures were administered to 102 graduate students in the biological, health, and social sciences, along with measures examining exposure to ethical breaches and the severity of punishments recommended. The ethical decision making me…Read more
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    A sensemaking approach to ethics training for scientists: Preliminary evidence of training effectiveness
    with Michael D. Mumford, Shane Connelly, Ryan P. Brown, Jason H. Hill, Alison L. Antes, Ethan P. Waples, and Lynn D. Devenport
    Ethics and Behavior 18 (4). 2008.
    In recent years, we have seen a new concern with ethics training for research and development professionals. Although ethics training has become more common, the effectiveness of the training being provided is open to question. In the present effort, a new ethics training course was developed that stresses the importance of the strategies people apply to make sense of ethical problems. The effectiveness of this training was assessed in a sample of 59 doctoral students working in the biological a…Read more
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    Exposure to Unethical Career Events: Effects on Decision Making, Climate, and Socialization
    with Lynn D. Devenport, Ryan P. Brown, Alison L. Antes, Ethan P. Waples, Michael D. Mumford, and Shane Connelly
    Ethics and Behavior 19 (5): 351-378. 2009.
    An implicit goal of many interventions intended to enhance integrity is to minimize peoples' exposure to unethical events. The intent of the present effort was to examine if exposure to unethical practices in the course of one's work is related to ethical decision making. Accordingly, 248 doctoral students in the biological, health, and social sciences were asked to complete a field appropriate measure of ethical decision making. In addition, they were asked to complete measures examining the pe…Read more
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    A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Business Ethics Instruction
    with Ethan P. Waples, Alison L. Antes, Shane Connelly, and Michael D. Mumford
    Journal of Business Ethics 87 (1): 133-151. 2009.
    The education of students and professionals in business ethics is an increasingly important goal on the agenda of business schools and corporations. The present study provides a meta-analysis of 25 previously conducted business ethics instructional programs. The role of criteria, study design, participant characteristics, quality of instruction, instructional content, instructional program characteristics, and characteristics of instructional methods as moderators of the effectiveness of busines…Read more
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    The Exposed Self: A Multilevel Model of Shame and Ethical Behavior
    with Sandra Kiffin-Petersen
    Journal of Business Ethics 141 (4): 657-675. 2017.
    In this article, we review the shame and ethical behavior literature in order to more fully develop theory and testable propositions for organizational scholars focusing on the behavioral implications of this ‘moral’ emotion. We propose a dual pathway multilevel model that incorporates complex relationships between felt and anticipatory shame processes and ethical behavior, both within and between persons and at the collective level. We propose a holistic treatment of shame that includes disposi…Read more
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    Board of director effectiveness committees
    International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics 3 (4): 461-472. 2007.
    This paper presents a framework for board self-evaluation based on a model grounded in the governance and team effectiveness literatures. It develops arguments for the creation of board effectiveness committees that are assigned responsibility for evaluating board construction, activities and outputs and the fit of these factors to environmental conditions. It presents the board effectiveness committee as an important element in the governance process.
  • Ronsard, Polemic, And Palinode
    Mediaevalia 22 (s2). 2000.
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    Sustainability and large corporations
    with Michael L. McIntyre and Tullio Caputo
    International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics 11 (2): 159. 2016.