Title

The Impact Of Gender And Setting On Perceptions Of Others' Ethics

Keywords

Business ethics; Ethical perceptions; Formalism; Gender; Utilitarianism

Abstract

In this article we explore how differences in gender and setting affect individuals' perceptions of others' ethics. We examine 4 hypotheses: first, that men would be perceived as more utilitarian in their ethics and women would be perceived as more formalist; second, individuals would be perceived to be more utilitarian in work settings than in nonwork settings; third, women would be more accurate in their perceptions of others' ethics; fourth, both men and women would be more accurate in their perceptions of women's ethics. Results strongly support the first, refute the second, modestly support the third, and support the fourth. Overall, the data suggest that men and women share very similar perceptions of own-gender and other-gender ethics. However, these shared perceptions are often quite inaccurate.

Publication Date

4-1-2003

Publication Title

Sex Roles

Volume

48

Issue

7-8

Number of Pages

361-375

Document Type

Review

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022994631566

Socpus ID

0037245662 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0037245662

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