ABSTRACT
How do most behavioral ethics articles begin? They generally note the growing interest in ethics in organizations due to the number of corporate indiscretions and scandals discussed in the media in recent years. Indeed, in a review of the field of behavioral ethics, Treviño, Weaver, and Reynolds (2006, p. 951) commence in the following way: “High impact scandals in organizations from businesses to athletic teams and religious organizations have generated widespread interest in ethical and unethical behavior in organizations.” Although few would doubt that such scandals have promoted interest in behavioral ethics, I argue that by focusing almost exclusively on unethical behaviors, the field has inadvertently become narrower than perhaps it ought to be.
