Team Factors in Ethical Decision Making: A Content Analysis of Interviews with Scientists and Engineers.

IF 2.7 2区 哲学 Q1 ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Logan L Watts, Sampoorna Nandi, Michelle Martín-Raugh, Rylee M Linhardt
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The ethical decision making of researchers has historically been studied from an individualistic perspective. However, researchers rarely work alone, and they typically experience ethical dilemmas in a team context. In this mixed-methods study, 67 scientists and engineers working at a public R1 (very high research activity) university in the United States responded to a survey that asked whether they had experienced or observed an ethical dilemma while working in a research team. Among these, 30 respondents agreed to be interviewed about their experiences using a think-aloud protocol. A total of 40 unique ethical incidents were collected across these interviews. Qualitative data from interview transcripts were then systematically content-analyzed by multiple independent judges to quantify the overall ethicality of team decisions as well as several team characteristics, decision processes, and situational factors. The results demonstrated that team formalistic orientation, ethical championing, and the use of ethical decision strategies were all positively related to the overall ethicality of team decisions. Additionally, the relationship between ethical championing and overall team decision ethicality was moderated by psychological safety and moral intensity. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

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道德决策中的团队因素:科学家和工程师访谈内容分析》。
研究人员的伦理决策历来是从个人主义的角度进行研究的。然而,研究人员很少单独工作,他们通常在团队背景下经历伦理困境。在这项混合方法研究中,67 名在美国一所公立 R1(研究活动非常活跃)大学工作的科学家和工程师回答了一项调查,询问他们在研究团队工作时是否经历或观察到过伦理困境。其中,30 名受访者同意接受采访,讲述他们使用 "思考-朗读 "协议的经历。这些访谈共收集到 40 个独特的伦理事件。然后,由多位独立评委对访谈记录中的定性数据进行了系统的内容分析,以量化团队决策的整体道德性以及若干团队特征、决策过程和情境因素。结果表明,团队形式主义取向、道德拥护和道德决策策略的使用都与团队决策的整体道德性呈正相关。此外,道德拥护与团队决策整体道德性之间的关系受到心理安全和道德强度的调节。本文讨论了未来研究和实践的意义。
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Science and Engineering Ethics
Science and Engineering Ethics 综合性期刊-工程:综合
CiteScore
10.70
自引率
5.40%
发文量
54
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Science and Engineering Ethics is an international multidisciplinary journal dedicated to exploring ethical issues associated with science and engineering, covering professional education, research and practice as well as the effects of technological innovations and research findings on society. While the focus of this journal is on science and engineering, contributions from a broad range of disciplines, including social sciences and humanities, are welcomed. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, ethics of new and emerging technologies, research ethics, computer ethics, energy ethics, animals and human subjects ethics, ethics education in science and engineering, ethics in design, biomedical ethics, values in technology and innovation. We welcome contributions that deal with these issues from an international perspective, particularly from countries that are underrepresented in these discussions.
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