ABSTRACT
This paper focuses on the problem of interaction between business motives and the ethical perspective of an individual approach. The research reflects the attitudes towards special ethical problems regarding individual value systems and decision making. The sample consists of 167 business school students who were questioned and then divided into 6 types of managers. Three scenarios were administered to them. They regard topics such as manipulation of prices as compensation for loss, empathy versus efficiency, and bribery as charity. Then four moral scales were measured (justice, relativism, utilitarianism, and egoism). Consequently, some individual factors (such as age, political orientation, and religiousness) were tested. The results confirm that some of the individual factors are related to moral decision making not excluding the types of managers. The most of the significant correlations are found among future managers labeled as judges and teachers.
