Identification and Classification of Factors Affecting Moral Decision-Making in Organizations through Interpretive Structural Modeling

Background & Purpose: Managerial attention to the outcomes and aspects of organizational decision-making can help improve the social reputation and credibility of an organization. This study identified and determined the relationships of factors affecting moral decision-making. Methodology: This is an applied study with a sequential mixed method (qualitative-quantitative) research design. The meta-synthesis approach and interpretive structural modeling (ISM) technique were employed to identify factors and determine their relationships, respectively. The statistical population, in the first section, included all of the available studies existing in Iran’s reputable scientific databases on moral decision-making. In the second section, the statistical population included the directors and employees of DanaSarmaye Company in Shiraz who had financial problems. The purposive sampling method was then applied. Findings: The most important factors affecting moral decision-making included 15 personal, organizational, social, and environmental factors, the relationships of which were classified as six effectiveness categories. Conclusion: Promotion of moral decision-making among managers requires the improvement of certain prerequisites, and prioritization of the factors having the greatest effects will help improve the effectiveness of these attempts.