Ethics in Business
A Summary of the Research Sponsored by
the Ethics in Business Research Fund
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Ethics in Business
A Summary of the Research Sponsored by the Ethics in
Business Research Fund
Prepared by
Jenny Mead
805 Bolling Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(804) 295-8898
ejm@cstone.net
The Ethics in Business Research Fund
C/o Robert J. Sack
The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
The University of Virginia
P.O. Box 40031
Charlottesville, VA 22905
SackR@darden.gbus.virginia.edu
February 2002
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THE ETHICS IN BUSINESS RESEARCH FUND
MANAGING TASK FORCE
Professor Abraham J. Briloff, Ph.D., CPA
Emanuel Saxe Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Bernard M. Baruch College, CUNY
Richard M. Orin, CPA
Partner, Robins & Associates, LLP
Marilyn A. Pendergast, CPA
Partner, Urbach, Kahn & Werlin, LLP
Don J. Summa, CPA
Retired partner, Ernst & Young, LLP
Robert J. Sack (Chair)
Professor Emeritus, Darden Graduate School of Business
University of Virginia
Table of Contents
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Lessons from the Research………………………………………… p. 5
Editors’ Note…………………………………………………………p. 7
Introduction to the Research Program……………………………….p. 8
Kevin Gibson and Sara Goering……….………………………….…p. 10
Michael Shaub and Janice Lawrence…………..…………………….p. 21
Gary R. Weaver, Linda Klebe Trevino & Philip L. Cochran………...p. 24
Bibliography & Published Material………………..…………………p. 28
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“The simple step of a simple courageous man is not to take part in the lie, not to
support deceit. Let the lie come into the world, even dominate the world, but not
through me.”
--Alexander Solzhenitsyn,
quoted in Pitfalls of Practical Ethics
Lessons From The Research
The Ethics in Business Research Fund was created, as its name suggests, to encourage
researchers working in the field of Business Ethics. Over the last several yea