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Ethical beliefs' differences of males and females

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This study investigates the differences in ethical beliefs between males and females. One hundred and seventy five business students were presented with four scenarios and given the Reidenbach-Robin instrument measuring their ethical reactions to these scenarios. Contrary to previous research, the results indicate that the two groups have similar ethical beliefs, and they process ethical information similarly.

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  1. Department of Marketing, Florida State University, University Campus, 33199, Miami, Florida, USA

    J. Tsalikis & M. Ortiz-Buonafina

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John Tsalikis, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Florida International University. His research interests include marketing ethics, international marketing, and direct marketing. His articles have appeared in the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Business Ethics, and Psychology and Marketing.

Marta Ortiz-Buonafina, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Florida International University. She is the author of several books on exporting, as well as the author of several articles on international marketing issues. Dr. Ortiz-Buonafina was included in The World's Who's Who of Women and Who's Who and Why of Successful Florida Women.

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Tsalikis, J., Ortiz-Buonafina, M. Ethical beliefs' differences of males and females. J Bus Ethics 9, 509–517 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00382844

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