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On ethics and social responsibility: The impact of materialism, postmaterialism, and hope

Fox School of Business and Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ragiacal{at}temple.edu

Carole L. Jurkiewicz

E.J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University

John R. Deckop

Fox School of Business, Temple University, jdeckop{at}temple.edu

This study tests a refined materialism—postmaterialism scale, concomitant with a measure of hope, toward the end of predicting ethics and social responsibility concerns in individuals. Results indicate that this interactive model including hope, materialism and postmaterialism successfully predicted ethical and social responsibility orientations. Results are discussed in terms of their theoretical implications for the interdisciplinary research on materialism—postmaterialism, the relationship of materialism to ethics and social responsibility and on understanding individual ethics and social responsibility concerns.

Key Words: business ethics • cultural creatives • Inglehart • materialism • postmaterialism • social responsibility

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