{"id":26,"date":"2023-03-21T20:31:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-22T00:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ethicalmanagementanddecisionmaking\/?post_type=part&#038;p=26"},"modified":"2025-02-14T18:49:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T23:49:04","slug":"part-2-ethical-decision-making","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ethicalmanagementanddecisionmaking\/part\/part-2-ethical-decision-making\/","title":{"raw":"Part 2 - Influences on Ethical Decision-Making","rendered":"Part 2 &#8211; Influences on Ethical Decision-Making"},"content":{"raw":"As introduced in Chapter 4, individual's actions be they ethical or unethical in an organization are influenced by four key areas, Personal, Issue, organizational Culture, and organizational Structure (PICS) factors. In this part of the book, we will go deeper into each of the PICS factors to understand how they influence individual employees to take particular actions.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_327\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-327 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ethicalmanagementanddecisionmaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1822\/2023\/09\/PICS-Framework-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/> The PICS Framework summarizes the Personal, Issue, Organizational Culture, and Organizational Structure factors that affect ethical decision-making.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nAs we look at the PISC model, we need to see that these factors can either enhance or hinder the likelihood that someone will make an ethical decision. In other words, if we have more of these factors, it increases our empowerment, another way to look at it is likelihood, of making an ethical decision or action. If those factors are missing or working against the person, it may hinder them from choosing what is ethical. Even ethical people act unethical depending on these factors' influences on them in a given situation.","rendered":"<p>As introduced in Chapter 4, individual&#8217;s actions be they ethical or unethical in an organization are influenced by four key areas, Personal, Issue, organizational Culture, and organizational Structure (PICS) factors. In this part of the book, we will go deeper into each of the PICS factors to understand how they influence individual employees to take particular actions.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-327 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ethicalmanagementanddecisionmaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1822\/2023\/09\/PICS-Framework-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ethicalmanagementanddecisionmaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1822\/2023\/09\/PICS-Framework-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ethicalmanagementanddecisionmaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1822\/2023\/09\/PICS-Framework-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ethicalmanagementanddecisionmaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1822\/2023\/09\/PICS-Framework-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ethicalmanagementanddecisionmaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1822\/2023\/09\/PICS-Framework-2-65x49.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ethicalmanagementanddecisionmaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1822\/2023\/09\/PICS-Framework-2-225x169.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/ethicalmanagementanddecisionmaking\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1822\/2023\/09\/PICS-Framework-2-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The PICS Framework summarizes the Personal, Issue, Organizational Culture, and Organizational Structure factors that affect ethical decision-making.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As we look at the PISC model, we need to see that these factors can either enhance or hinder the likelihood that someone will make an ethical decision. In other words, if we have more of these factors, it increases our empowerment, another way to look at it is likelihood, of making an ethical decision or action. If those factors are missing or working against the person, it may hinder them from choosing what is ethical. 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