Ethics under Pressure: A Study of the Effects of Gender, Religiosity, and Income under the Perception of Pressure

Abstract

The paper seeks to fill an important gap in the literature regarding the moderating role of pressure on the relationship between certain socio-cultural factors (i.e. gender, religiosity, income) and ethicality. We have attempted to examine and understand what moderating variables are at work in pressurized situations that are conducive or debilitating to ethical conduct in undergraduate and graduate students studying the field of management in aspiration of careers in organizations. Specifically, we found a curvilinear relationship between ethicality and income. Perhaps this demonstrates the varied nature of pressure and its impact on ethicality.