Title
Cynicism as a Fundamental Dimension of Moral Decision-Making: A Scale Development
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2001
Abstract
Altruism and cynicism are two funda mental algorithms of moral decision-making. This derives from the evolution of cooperative behavior and reciprocal altruism and the need to avoid being taken advantage of. Rushton (1986) developed a self report scale to measure altruism, however no scale to measure cynicism has been developed for use in ethics research. Following a discussion of reciprocal altruism and cynicism, this article presents an 11-item self report scale to measure cynicism, developed and validated using a sample of 271 customer-service and sales personnel
Recommended Citation
Journal of Business Ethics, Vol. 34, No. 2 (Nov., 2001), pp. 123-136.
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