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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

Ethnical Consistency Scale, ECS, courage scale, moral performance

College

Marriott School of Management

Department

Management

Abstract

Integrity matters. If a person says one thing and then does something else, then that person is being ethically inconsistent. If that same person is ethically inconsistent over time, then her/his moral performance will eventually suffer. If an organization is filled with ethically inconsistent employees, then that organization’s moral performance will also suffer over time. Sadly, examples of this fact are replete in the business world (e.g. Bear Stearns, Enron, Tyco, WorldCom). Thus, it’s important for business firms of all sizes to assess the ethical consistency of their current and future employees. Currently, there is no good measure of ethical consistency on the market. That’s what we’re working on creating and validating here at BYU. And once we have that prepared, then talent managers in human resources of all organizations will be able to use it to identify the level of integrity in current and prospective employees. Then the study and practice of business ethics can be something more than just a nifty phrase.

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