A 2025 survey of sixty Spanish startup executives subjected to hypothetical ethically charged decision-making situations. The dataset was created by Sergio A. Berumen using a mixed-method approach combining qualitative scenario construction and statistical analysis, including principal axis factoring and hierarchical clustering. Results confirm three distinct ethical profiles among the participants.
Use Cases
- Cluster analysis of ethical profiles based on decision-making patterns described in the study.
- Comparative study of normative Kantian versus egocentric versus group-oriented value systems among executives.
- Factor analysis to identify underlying dimensions in ethical reasoning from the constructed hypothetical situations.
- Training models to predict managerial ethical alignment based on survey response data.
Strengths
- Data collection involved 60 distinct subjects, providing a defined sample size.
- Methodology is explicitly described, combining qualitative scenario construction with multiple statistical techniques.
- Results identify three clear, interpretable ethical profiles.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The sample is limited to Spanish startup executives, which may affect generalizability.
Provenance
- Source
- Berumen, Sergio A. via e-cienciaDatos Harvested Dataverse.
- Collection Method
- Survey combining qualitative scenario construction (15 situations based on the Heinz dilemma) and statistical analysis (principal axis factoring, hierarchical clustering, value scale quantification).
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-14 21:30:53; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Spain