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A Crisis of Character

This recent article in The Huffington Post frames the United States's current economic crisis in terms of a failure of morality and the virtues. "'Character is destiny,' remarked the Greek philosopher Heraclitus in the 6th Century B.C. This observation applies as much to nations as it...

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The Possibility of Virtue (2012)

To have a virtue is to possess a certain kind of trait of character that is appropriate in pursuing the moral good at which the virtue aims. Human beings are assumed to be capable of attaining those traits. Yet, a number of scholars are skeptical about the very existence of such character traits. They...

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Nature of the Interactions among Organizational Commitments: Complementary, Competitive or Synergistic? (2009)

Russell E. Johnson , Kyle W. Groff , Meng U. Taing Although organizational commitment is a multidimensional construct, researchers have tended to examine the independent effects of its different forms. However, doing so creates potential problems of model misspecification and under-prediction if interactions...

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Pride and Gratitude: How Positive Emotions Influence the Prosocial Behaviors of Organizational Leaders (2009)

Abstract: This study investigated whether two positive morally relevant emotions, pride and gratitude, were associated with the prosocial behaviors exhibited by organizational leaders. Pride and gratitude were measured as dispositional tendencies in leaders across various types of organizations. The...

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Is Justice the Same for Everyone? Examining Fairness Items Using Multiple-group Analysis (2009)

Abstract: Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine whether fairness assessed in a widely used multisource instrument written by practitioners possessed a similar factor structure as fairness measured in academic literature, and whether different groups based on their relationship to the ratee...

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A Behavioral Decision Theory Perspective on Hedonic and Utilitarian Choice (2009)

Presents and clarifies various conceptual distinctions drawn in the marketing and consumer behavior literature between vices and virtues, hedonic and utilitarian goods, affective and cognitive goods, and shoulds and wants.

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Self-Rationing: Self-Control in Consumer Choice (2009)

Presents a theory of self-control by precommitment in consumer choice, along with a review of the literature.

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Consumption Self-Control by Rationing Purchase Quantities of Virtue and Vice (2009)

First empirical demonstration (using experimental, field, and market-level data) in the self-control literature of how consumers apply precommitment strategies to control their consumption of vice and virtue goods.

(My publication) Posted by: wertenbroch
Corporate Governance and Ethics: An Aristotelian Perspective (2008)

"Corporate Governance and Ethics is an illuminating and practical reading of Aristotle's Politics for today's corporate directors. With a deft synthesis of ethics, economics and politics, Alejo Sison elevates the discussion of corporate governance out of the realm of abstract rules and structures...

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The Market for Virtue (2005)

The principles and practices of corporate social responsibility (CSR) date back more than a century, but the current wave of interest in this topic is unprecedented. This heightened attention is global and is evidenced on every conceivable measure. It is reflected in the growth of social and ethical...

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Ethical Character and Virtue of Organizations: An Empirical Assessment and Strategic Implications (2005)

Abstract: Virtue ethics has often been regarded as complementary or laissez-faire ethics in solving business problems. This paper seeks conceptual and methodological improvements by developing a virtue character scale that will enable assessment of the link between organizational level virtue and organizational...

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A Crisis of Character

The Possibility of Virtue (2012)

Nature of the Interactions among Organizational Commitments: Complementary, Competitive or Synergistic? (2009)

Pride and Gratitude: How Positive Emotions Influence the Prosocial Behaviors of Organizational Leaders (2009)

Is Justice the Same for Everyone? Examining Fairness Items Using Multiple-group Analysis (2009)

A Behavioral Decision Theory Perspective on Hedonic and Utilitarian Choice (2009)

Self-Rationing: Self-Control in Consumer Choice (2009)

Consumption Self-Control by Rationing Purchase Quantities of Virtue and Vice (2009)

Corporate Governance and Ethics: An Aristotelian Perspective (2008)

The Market for Virtue (2005)

Ethical Character and Virtue of Organizations: An Empirical Assessment and Strategic Implications (2005)

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