Researchers have identified the complexity of ethical decision making choices and the influences that assorted professional context variables have on one’s ethical frame of reference. To encourage adherence to ethical codes of conduct, professional organizations must recognize the impact that professional context variables have on ethical decision making. The purpose of this study was to examine Human Resource Development professional’s perceptions of the Academy of Human Resource Development’s Standards on Ethics and Integrity specifically regarding applicability, clarity, and importance of statements. Additionally, this study examined whether Hofstede’s Value Survey Module grouped into a three-factor solution. A questionnaire entitled Perceptions of Professionals and Scholars Regarding AHRD’s Standards was adapted from five sources and was piloted to ensure instrument reliability and validity. The main study involved 602 respondents for a response rate of 22% (n = 133). Results of the study indicate that respondents were clear regarding their understanding of the Standards. The highest level of clarity reported was 89.4% and the lowest level of clarity reported was 71.1%. However, respondents were indifferent about their ratings of the application of AHRD’s Standards. The percentages regarding perceived level of application between AHRD’s six statements ranged from 68% (applied) and 28.8% (infrequently applied). Using independent t-test procedures and a series of one-way ANOVAs, differences in levels of agreement were seen in the following groups: educational level, income level, and religious affiliation. Finally, this study examined if participant responses to the items extracted from Hofstede’s Value Survey Module fell into three-factor constructs of individualism/ collectivism, power distance, and uncertainty avoidance. A Principal Component Analysis indicated that the eight statements selected were representative of Hofstede’s three-factor solution of cultural dimensions. Practical implications are discussed regarding these findings, along with explanation for some of the newly developed exploration findings. While the findings of this study were interesting, research related to the influence of professional context variables on ethical decision making needs further examination.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-04T18:27:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernanda Afonso.pdf: 180176 bytes, checksum: 6a44ffbe8a03a0e92d8796ca9099be39 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-02-07 / The obsessive-compulsive disorder is a chronicle disease present in 2% of general population. Its victims fells like they have been prisoners of behaviors and thoughts patterns usually exaggerated, repetitive and unpleasant. Stress is an adaptation organic response. The present study proposal is to describe the stress behavior classes in obsessive-compulsive patients. This study subjects were composed by ten adults (six women and four men), whose age were around 33 years old, previously considered an obsessive-compulsive patient by psychiatrics. The instruments used were the Informed Consent Form, The Stress Symptoms Inventory (ISSL), The Interview Script, and The Identification Form for the patients. The results has shown that 9 participants presented stress, 7 in resistance and 2 in exhaustion phases, what illustrates how damage the stress behavior classes is when associated to obsessive-compulsive behaviors. The categorization used has identified common responses in The Stress Symptoms Inventory (ISSL) and interview script. According to the interview, the context variable analysis was able to identify the principal contingencies related to the obsessive-compulsive disorder. Feelings and behaviors related to worries about the other s thoughts, rejection, and the non-understanding feelings were also noticed among the answers, as the low-control behaviors, what can be associated to the repetition, no time organization and tiredness behaviors. Self-esteem and self-confidence difficulties could be detached, and as a consequence, there were many reports of guilty, anxious and low-pleasure feelings. It is important to stick out these results reflects this group data analysis, and they shouldn t be generalized. New researches focused on the stress response classes and the obsessive-compulsive disorder are crucial to develop a better quality attendance to these patients / O Transtorno Obsessivo Compulsivo (TOC) ? um transtorno cr?nico, que acomete cerca de 2% da popula??o em geral, em que o indiv?duo sente-se aprisionado por um padr?o de pensamentos e comportamentos repetitivos, exagerados e desagrad?veis. O stress ? uma rea??o do organismo frente a uma situa??o que exija uma adapta??o. O presente trabalho objetiva descrever as classes de comportamentos de stress freq?entes em pacientes diagnosticados com TOC. Participaram deste estudo 10 adultos, diagnosticados por m?dicos psiquiatras, com TOC, destes seis eram mulheres e quatro homens. A m?dia de idade dos participantes foi de 33 anos. Foram utilizados os seguintes materiais: termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido; question?rio de identifica??o; Invent?rio de Sintomas de Stress para Adultos (ISSL) e o roteiro de entrevista. No que se refere a resultados, nove dos dez participantes apresentam stress, destes sete encontram-se na fase de resist?ncia e dois na fase de exaust?o. O presente resultado ilustra o preju?zo que as classes de comportamentos de stress, associadas aos comportamentos obsessivos compulsivos provocam na vida destes indiv?duos. Foi poss?vel identificar, por meio da categoriza??o utilizada, certa regularidade nas respostas dos participantes, tanto com rela??o ?s quest?es do Invent?rio de Sintomas de Stress, quanto ao roteiro de entrevista. Com base nos dados da entrevista, a an?lise das vari?veis de contexto permitiu a identifica??o das principais conting?ncias relacionadas ao TOC. Observaram-se sentimentos e comportamentos acerca da preocupa??o com o que o outro pensa, ao medo de desagradar e junto a isto sentimentos de incompreens?o. Tamb?m foi poss?vel notar comportamentos de baixo autocontrole, isto provavelmente em fun??o de comportamentos de repeti??o, dificuldade de organiza??o de tempo e do cansa?o. Destacam-se tamb?m comportamentos de baixa auto-estima e baixa autoconfian?a e em decorr?ncia destes, relatos indicativos de sentimentos de culpa, alta ansiedade e pouco prazer. ? importante ressaltar que esses resultados referem-se apenas ao estudo coletivo dos dados obtidos e portanto n?o devem ser generalizados. Novas pesquisas com a finalidade de compreender melhor as classes de respostas de stress e do Transtorno Obsessivo Compulsivo s?o necess?rias, a fim de se poder assegurar um atendimento de maior qualidade a esta popula??o