Workplace Ethics Black and White
Black managers consider adhering to corporate ethics more important than white managers do, but morality isn't the reason, according to a study by two UAB management researchers published in Business and Professional Ethics Journal.
Susan Key, Ph.D., and Vickie Cox Edmondson, Ph.D., contend that black managers consider ethical behavior more important because they expect heavier scrutiny than their white counterparts and want to avoid an American justice system they would expect to mistreat them.
"We do not argue that black Americans have higher morals than white Americans," but that blacks regard highly ethical behavior as being in their self interest, they write. Whites, more trusting in the justice system, view legal standards as more important than ethical ones.
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