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Professor and Student Collaborate, Present Research at Society for Business Ethics Annual Meeting
Randi L. Sims, Ph.D., professor of management at the H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business and Entrepreneurship, and doctoral student George D. Bingham, M.B.A., recently presented their research entitled, “The Moderating Effect of Religiosity and Moral Courage on Ethical Decision Making” at the annual meeting of the Society for Business Ethics.
The impact of religiosity and moral courage on the ethical decision making process was studied using a within subjects random block, quasi-experimental design. Moral intensity was manipulated in high and low conditions for each of the four ethical scenarios presented. Completed surveys were returned by 372 adult respondents whose average age was 47 (s.d. = 11.6).
The findings indicate that moral intensity moderated the relation between intrinsic religiosity and moral awareness, such that those who are more intrinsically religious were found to have higher levels of moral awareness at lower levels of moral intensity. In addition, the findings suggest that the presence of moral courage moderates the relationship between moral awareness and intention for moral behavior.