Ethics Position Questionnaire.

EPQ (Forsyth)

What it measures

Ethical ideology on 2 orthogonal dimensions: Idealism (concern that actions not harm others) and Relativism (rejection of universal moral rules); yields 4 ethical types (situationist, absolutist, subjectivist, exceptionist)

Length and format

20 (10 Idealism + 10 Relativism). 9-point agreement (Likert) (self-report questionnaire)

Language versions

Many languages; cross-national taxonomy of ethics positions assembled across 29+ countries (e.g. ES, DE, ZH, JA, KO, AR, TR, plus others)

Normative data

No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.

Licence

open with attribution

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Reference

Forsyth, D. R. (1980). A taxonomy of ethical ideologies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 39(1), 175-184.