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Article

Through the Looking Glass: Instinctual and Cultural Influences on U.S. Workers' Views of Ethics and the Workplace

Pages 162-172
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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When ethical dilemmas occur in organizations, what influences individual behavior? Drawing on experiences as an organizational consultant, executive coach, and upper-level manager for a large U.S. services firm, the author explores instinctual and cultural factors that, in particular, may affect U.S. workers' views of ethics and the workplace as well as their subsequent ethical choices. The tensions between social pressures and individual responsibility are explored.

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Sandra M. Caffo

Sandra Caffo holds licenses as a clinical social worker and a marriage and family therapist and is a CEAP (Certified Employee Assistance Professional). She has over 25 years of experience in working with individual, family, and organization systems and currently runs an employee assistance organization. She can be reached at 6619 Northumberland Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, U.S.A.; e-mail: or.