This article provides a partial test of the emerging descriptive theories in marketing ethics. The data were obtained from a mail survey of American Marketing Association members. The results tend to support the hypotheses that ethical policies of organizations and Machiavellianism influence many aspects of the marketer's ethical decision making.
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