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Importance Of Religious Beliefs To Ethical Attitudes In Business, Tisha L. N. Emerson, Joseph A. Mckinney
Importance Of Religious Beliefs To Ethical Attitudes In Business, Tisha L. N. Emerson, Joseph A. Mckinney
Journal of Religion and Business Ethics
One would expect a relationship between the ethical attitudes and the religion of individuals. Published research into this relationship has found somewhat mixed results. While some studies have found a significant, positive relationship between religious belief and ethical attitudes, other studies have found either no effect or only a “marginal effect”. In this study, we investigate the relationship between religious convictions and attitudes toward ethical dilemmas. We find strong evidence to suggest that business professionals who self-report higher levels of religious importance are significantly less accepting of ethically questionable behavior – for all 16 vignettes studied. This result is far …
The Impact Of Religiosity On Parenting Behaviors In Latter-Day Saint Families, Steven Behling
The Impact Of Religiosity On Parenting Behaviors In Latter-Day Saint Families, Steven Behling
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations
The current study examined the impact of religiosity on self-reported frequency of specific parenting behaviors comprised within Baumrind's (1971) typology: authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive. It also explored the relationship between religiosity and an aspect of parenting known as psychological control, characterized by such behaviors as personal attacks, erratic emotional behavior, guilt induction, and love withdrawal. These parenting behaviors were also examined in the context of parental education and gender. Unique to the study was the population of religious individuals surveyed, namely members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a group of religious individuals growing in number yet …