Gender and Ethics agree with the claim that men and women tend to see the implications of their decisions in very different ways. There always seems to be a difference in the way that women look at things in comparison to men. I feel that these differences can be attributed to many factors that include: societal differences, emotional intelligence and situational factors.

In society women are seen as nurturing and emotional while men are seen as duty bound. When it comes to making ethical decisions, women tend to be more context oriented, while men are more principle oriented (Devore and Martin, 2008). These differences in the way that men and women are, greatly affect how they view and react to every ethical dilemma that they might find themselves in.

In regard to the issue of whistle blowing, it is believed that gender does play a role in how people deal with ethical situations. Research has shown that because women are usually on the outside of the network looking in, they more concerned with doing their jobs than protecting those in the network. It is also believed that women are more tied to the family unit, thus linking them to a different way of thinking about things (Glaser, 2009).

Women and men are inherently different and are going to see things in different lights. Men and women have different societal expectations in regard to how the act, which plays a role in how they see and respond to things. Women and men are brought up to not only expect different things from the world; society sees each as contributing different things as well. Women tend to be seen as nurturing and family oriented and men as doing things strictly by the book. When considering the idea of whistleblowing, I think these things lend to the idea that women think about the consequences or implications of their actions and men worry about losing money or getting caught and less about what the consequences of their actions might be.

Works Cited

Devore, Sherry, and Martin, Barbara N. "Ethical Decision-Making: Practices of Female and Male Superintendents." Advancing Women in Leadership Journal 25.1 (2008)

Glaser, Connie. "Whistleblowing: What's Gender Got to do with it?" Bizjournals. n.d. 27

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