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JOURNAL OF LEADERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICS

Ethical Decision-Making: Group Diversity Holds the Key

Author(s): Sandra W. DeGrassi, Whitney Botsford Morgan, Sarah Singletary Walker, Yingchun (Irene) Wang, Isaac Sabat

Citation: Sandra W. DeGrassi, Whitney Botsford Morgan, Sarah Singletary Walker, Yingchun (Irene) Wang, Isaac Sabat, (2012) "Ethical Decision-Making: Group Diversity Holds the Key," Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, Vol. 9, Iss. 6, pp. 51 - 65

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

Both researchers and practitioners have a growing interest in ethical decision-making in the workplace.

While ethics has been explored at the individual (e.g., cognitive moral development, moral identity) and

organizational level (e.g., ethical culture, corporate social responsibility), few studies have examined

ethical decision-making at the group level. The current study examined the extent to which ethical group

decision-making varied as a function of racial diversity and time. Using experimental methods, results

reveal that heterogeneous groups were more likely to make ethical decisions than homogenous groups.

Practical implications and future research directions are discussed.