| This study illustrates the necessity of considering affective processes as essential components in the prediction of ethical behaviour. Instruments designed to measure factors that possibly contribute to ethical behaviour---moral reasoning, self-esteem, locus of control, and hope---were administered to a group of older adolescents in a small Canadian city. Emphasis was placed on the examination of relationships amongst predictor variables in relation to ethical behaviour.; Findings indicate that aspects of locus of control, hope, and gender all play a part in the promotion of ethical behaviour. Graphic analysis suggests that hope influences the relationship between locus of control and ethical behaviour. Personal efficacy was the dominant factor in predicting ethical behaviour amongst females. Sociopolitical control was the dominant factor in predicting ethical behaviour amongst males.; Interventions to encourage ethical behaviour should reflect the development of sociopolitical control amongst males and personal efficacy amongst females. In all interventions, the development of hope should be a primary outcome goal. |
