cognitive dissonance

Cognitive Dissonance and Ethical Decision-Making

The Ethical Link Between Our Beliefs and Our Actions A highly ethical person knows his or her values, principles, and beliefs. Those values, principles, and beliefs would then determine one’s actions when faced with an ethical dilemma. A person who does not understand or fully know his or her values, principles, and beliefs might act […]

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Character and Trust Are the Keys to Ethical Decision-Making

Virtues Underlie Workplace Behavior  Writer Robert McKee famously said, “True character is revealed in the choices a human makes under pressure — the greater the pressure, the deeper the revelation, the truer the choice to the character’s essential nature.” This is a profound statement that I use to teach ethics to my accounting students, many

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