Chapter 9: Determining A Job Candidate’s Ethics Profile: Integrity, Personality, and Moral Reasoning Level Tests

Sometimes, after dismissing an employee for an ethical breach, a manager might wonder—How did that person get through the hiring process?

Efforts to maximize ethical behavior at work, and minimize unethical behavior, must begin during the hiring process. Yet, most companies focus on screening job candidates for technical skills, not ethical skills. A new employee with great skills but questionable ethics can significantly alter an organization’s culture and lead a work unit down a destructive path. Including ethics as part of the job screening process is essential to an organization’s success given the tremendous damage an unethical person can cause an organization.