Linking Consideration of Future Consequences to Ethical Priorities and Orientations
Tina L. Robbins

Abstract
A significant stream of research has focused attention on determining the factors that influence ethical decision making in business and other contexts. Cognitive processing, situational influences, as well as personality traits have all been the subject of discussion and analysis. Surprisingly however, one’s consideration of future consequences (CFC), established as a fairly stable and measureable personality characteristic, has been surprisingly neglected given the probable link between the two. The results of this study suggest that CFC is linked to ethical orientation as well as one’s perceived importance of ethics and social responsibility in business.

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