Don't just trust your gut: the importance of normative deliberation to ethical decision-making at work
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There has been a recent rise in behavioural ethics research examining how to promote ethical decisions at work. Several of these studies have indicated that deliberative thinking or considering divergent views leads to less ethical decisions (Pierce, Kilduff, Galinsky, & Sivanathan, 2013; Moore & Tenbrunsel, 2014; Zhong, 2011). This position is in stark contrast to the philosophical literature on normative theories, which emphasises the importance of deliberation to ethical decisions.

In this paper, we note that many of these behavioural ethics studies have not focused on normative deliberation and we argue that normative deliberation (ie, considering or applying a normative theory) boosts ethical decision-making. Across several experiments, we examine the effects of non-normative deliberation (ie, calculations and writing tasks) and normative deliberation (ie, considering ethical obligations) to ethical decision making. We conclude that the type of deliberation matters.
Date: 4 March 2021, 16:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2021)
Venue: Saïd Business School, Park End Street OX1 1HP
Venue Details: Zoom webinar
Speaker: Danielle Warren (Rutgers Business School)
Organising department: Saïd Business School
Organisers: Alan Morrison (Saïd Business School), Rita Mota (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: reputation@sbs.ox.ac.uk
Hosts: Alan Morrison (Saïd Business School), Rita Mota (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)
Part of: R:ETRO - Reputation: Ethics, Trust, and Relationships at Oxford
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Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Sarah Livingstone