What About Me?
Decision-Making Insights
HOW DO MY ETHICS RATE?
Indicate your level of agreement with these 15 statements using the following scale:
1 = Strongly disagree
2 = Disagree
3 = Neither agree or disagree
4 = Agree
5 = Strongly agree
  1. The only moral of business is making money.
    1 2 3 4 5

  2. A person who is doing well in business does not have to worry about moral problems.
    1 2 3 4 5

  3. Act according to the law, and you can't go wrong morally.
    1 2 3 4 5

  4. Ethics in business is basically an adjustment between expectations and the ways people behave.
    1 2 3 4 5

  5. Business decisions involve a realistic economic attitude and not a moral philosophy.
    1 2 3 4 5

  6. "Business ethics" is a concept for public relations only.
    1 2 3 4 5

  7. Competitiveness and profitability are important values.
    1 2 3 4 5

  8. Conditions of a free economy will best serve the needs of society. Limiting competition can only hurt society and actually violates basic natural laws.
    1 2 3 4 5

  9. As a consumer, when making an auto insurance claim, I try to get as much as possible regardless of the extent of the damage.
    1 2 3 4 5

  10. While shopping at the supermarket, it is appropriate to switch price tags on packages.
    1 2 3 4 5

  11. As an employee, I can take home office supplies; it doesn't hurt anyone.
    1 2 3 4 5

  12. I view sick days as vacation days that I deserve.
    1 2 3 4 5

  13. Employees' wages should be determined according to the laws of supply and demand.
    1 2 3 4 5

  14. The business world has its own rules.
    1 2 3 4 5

  15. A good businessperson is a successful businessperson.
    1 2 3 4 5


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Source: Adapted from A. Reichel and Y Neumann, Journal of Instructional Psychology, March 1988, pp. 25-53. With permission of the authors.