Ethics has emerged as one of the most critical issues facing organizations. Given its importance, an extensive literature has evolved to understand the causes and consequences of (un)ethical decision making and behaviors in organizations. To date, much of this research has relied on research methods (e.g., experiments) that emphasize internal validity and control over external validity and generalizability. Although very informative, such studies frequently utilize samples that are not representative of working adults and their designs often fail to capture the contextual complexity that defines the day‐to‐day realities of organizational life. In this light, this special issue of Personnel Psychology encouraged scholars to investigate ethics within organizations and to offer rich theoretical explanations for why ethical failures and successes occur. The articles in this special issue address this important research agenda and make significant contributions to our understanding of ethics in organizations. Our introduction synthesizes these works, provides an overview of issues facing the broader behavioral ethics literature, and discusses areas for future research.

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组织内部的行为伦理学研究：特刊介绍

道德已经成为组织面临的最关键的问题之一。鉴于其重要性，已经发展了广泛的文献来理解组织中（不道德的）决策和行为的起因和后果。迄今为止，许多研究都依赖强调内部有效性以及对外部有效性和可概括性的控制的研究方法（例如实验）。尽管这些信息非常有用，但它们经常使用不能代表工作成年人的样本，并且其设计常常无法捕捉到定义组织生活日常现实的背景复杂性。有鉴于此，本期《人事心理学》特刊鼓励学者研究组织内部的道德规范，并为为什么道德上的失败和成功发生提供丰富的理论解释。本期特刊中的文章讨论了这一重要的研究议程，为我们对组织道德的理解做出了重要贡献。我们的导言对这些著作进行了综合，概述了更广泛的行为伦理学文献所面临的问题，并讨论了未来的研究领域。