Factors that Affect Ethical Decision Making
A number of characteristics affect how each individual communicator makes decisions about what is right and what is wrong:
- Maturity. Some people, even as children or teenagers, have more ethical maturity than others. Maturity is not necessarily related to chronological age.
- Professional experience. The less experience a person has with making ethical decisions, the more difficult those decisions are—and the more likely some of those decisions will be wrong.
- The ability to deal with uncertainty. Some people become rattled and cannot think clearly when the pressure is on; others become very focused, rise to the occasion, and make good decisions under difficult circumstances.
- Formal education in ethics ...
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