The Impact of Employment Status and Geographic Location; United States, New Zealand, and Czech Republic, on Ethical Choices for Three Business Scenarios
Susan M. Fredricks, doc.PhDr. Daniela Pauknerová

Abstract
Article after article has questioned the influence of ethical decision making. This article explores the relationship as to the effects of work experience on the outcome of decisions in ethical dilemmas. Initial research indicate that work experience such as internships (Gault, Redington, and Schlager, 2000; NACE, 2011; Hurst, Thye, and Wise, 2014) and career level (Weeks, Moore, McKinney, and Longenecker, 1999) positively influence the ethical decisions of employees. This research indicates that there were no significant differences when making ethical decisions between work experience, geographical locations, or the combination. Interesting results show, that although there were no significant difference, geographical location did change the selection choices for some ethical dilemmas. Various reasons are discussed that may affect these results and ideas to further the research are addressed.

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