4.3 Ethical Intensity in Management Decisions

What is ethical intensity?

• The degree of concern people have about an ethical issue

• The total harm or benefit derived from an ethical decision

• The time between an act and the consequences it produces

• The social, psychological, cultural, or physical distance of a decision-maker from those affected by their decisions

Which factor determines the magnitude of consequences in an ethical decision?

• Social consciousness

• Probability of effect

• Temporal immediacy

• Concentration of effect

What is social consciousness in ethical intensity?

• The total harm or benefit derived from an ethical decision

• Agreement on whether behavior is bad or good

• The chance that something will happen that results in harm to others

• The social, psychological, cultural, or physical distance of a decision-maker from those affected by their decisions

Which factor determines the temporal immediacy in an ethical decision?

• Magnitude of consequences

• Social consciousness

• Probability of effect

• Proximity of effect

What does proximity of effect represent in ethical intensity?

• The total harm or benefit derived from an ethical decision

• Agreement on whether behavior is bad or good

• The chance that something will happen that results in harm to others

• The social, psychological, cultural, or physical distance of a decision-maker from those affected by their decisions