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Drawing on conceptual works by Murphy (1999) and Solomon (1999), we develop a virtue ethics scale. Other ethics scales, which are grounded in deontological and teleological principles, may be used to classify people according to their beliefs about (1) the criteria they use to make ethical decisions, or (2) the ethicality of those decisions. We suggest augmenting these scales with our virtue ethics scale, which may be used to classify people according to their beliefs about the virtuous qualities of businesspeople.
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Shanahan, K.J., Hyman, M.R. The Development of a Virtue Ethics Scale. Journal of Business Ethics 42, 197–208 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1021914218659
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