Introduction: Ethical climate theory traditionally conceptualizes organizational ethics as a set of distinct normative dimensions. However, recent evidence suggests that ethical perceptions may converge into a unified climate in culturally cohesive and institutionally regulated contexts. This...

We examine the moral dilemma of how autonomous vehicles (AVs) should be programmed to act in unavoidable crash scenarios involving trade-offs between saving one life and saving many. We report results from three experimental studies that investigate individuals' preferences over alternative AV...

This paper introduces a novel Payoff-Trolley dilemma task, where other participants' payoffs were at stake on the main or sidetrack in a trolley dilemma. Different scenarios varied the number of "others' payoffs" on the sidetrack and main track in ways that helped identify more clearly immoral...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping society, including the music industry. Recent advancements in generative AI enable users to create music from text-based prompts, raising questions about public perception and valuation of AI-generated music. We conducted three studies with...

The chocolate supply chain exemplifies the social and environmental challenges within global food systems. Growing awareness of environmental impact and ethical production practices is increasingly shaping consumer choices and influencing food policy. This highlights the need for an integrated...

Research on conspiracy theories and predictors that explain susceptibility to believing in conspiracy theories (conspiracy mentality) has already led to a considerable body of academic contributions. Nevertheless, we see the necessity to continue working on higher-level frameworks that summarize...

Commodification is the process of transforming goods or services traditionally transferred without charge into commercially exchangeable commodities. Critics argue that this transformation often entails the loss of inherent value, rendering the resulting transactions morally problematic. In...

While algorithmic decision-making technology can greatly improve efficiency at work, it has the potential to promote unethical decision making in humans who work with the technology. In this paper, we test how the moral disengagement mechanism, displacement of responsibility arises, as an...

Joseph Heath presents his market failures approach to business ethics as a happy medium between cynicism and the idealism of traditional moral theories such as Kantian ethics, which Heath believes to be incompatible with important forms of competition. The market failures approach defends some...

Political advertising ethics has long been dominated by an adherence to the norms of democratic idealism or the highly situational ethics of act utilitarianism. This article proposes an alternative system of political advertising ethics grounded in Brandt’s ideal moral code theory, a form of...

Compliance with complex regulatory requirements can be challenging. We study why and how complexity affects non-compliance in terms of incorrect reporting. Our novel experimental design isolates two distinct complexity effects: an increase in honest mistakes and a substantial shift toward...

Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) hat mit ihrem Teilgebiet Maschinelles Lernen (ML) Einzug gehalten in die Verwaltung im Allgemeinen sowie in die amtliche Statistik in Deutschland im Speziellen. Welche ethischen Fragen sind jedoch beim Einsatz von KI/ML in der Produktion amtlicher Statistiken zu...

Auch die amtliche Statistik nutzt Methoden der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) und ihres Teilbereichs Maschinelles Lernen (ML). Dies wirft verschiedene ethische Fragestellungen auf, die im ersten Teil des Artikels ("Identifikation") mithilfe von Vorarbeiten aus anderen Staaten und von...

Purpose Artificial intelligence (AI) offers many benefits to improve predictive marketing practice. It raises ethical concerns regarding customer prioritization, market share concentration and consumer manipulation. This paper explores these ethical concerns from a contemporary perspective,...

This discussion paper focuses on the notion of context and its variables and explores how context influences the attempt to practice ethical leadership in educational settings. Three major research questions underline this paper: a. What is the importance of context in the leadership research...