This collection of essays provides the stimulus needed to help move the study of ethics in organizations to center stage and stimulate social scientists to seek ways of enhancing the human condition.

Contents: A.P. Brief, J.P. Walsh, Series Editors' Foreword. J.M. Darley, D.M. Messick, T.R. Tyler, Introduction: Social Influence and Ethics in Organizations. Part I:Social Influence in Hierarchies.H.C. Kelman, Ethical Limits on the Use of Influence in Hierarchical Relationships. R.S. Peterson, Toward a More Deontological Approach to the Ethical Use of Social Influence. J.M. Darley, The Dynamics of Authority Influence in Organizations and the Unintended Action Consequences. M.E. Roloff, G.D. Paulson, Confronting Organizational Transgressions. T.R. Tyler, Procedural Strategies for Gaining Deference: Increasing Social Harmony or Creating False Consciousness? V.L. Hamilton, Exit Ethics: The Management of Downsizing Among the Russian Officer Corps. Part II:Awareness of and Resistance to Social Influence.M.P. Miceli, J.R. Van Scotter, J.P. Near, M.T. Rehg, Responses to Perceived Organizational Wrongdoing: Do Perceiver Characteristics Matter? R.B. Cialdini, B.J. Sagarin, W.E. Rice, Training in Ethical Influence. A. Studler, D.E. Warren, Authority, Heuristics, and the Structure of Excuses. Part III:Social Influence in Groups, Networks, and Markets.R.M. Kramer, J. Wei, J. Bendor, Golden Rules and Leaden Worlds: Exploring the Limitations of Tit-for-Tat as a Social Decision Rule. A.E. Tenbrunsel, D.M. Messick, Power Asymmetries and the Ethical Atmosphere in Negotiations. T.W. Dunfee, Marketlike Morality Within Organizations.