Influences on Ethics model combine which elements to form ethical decisions?

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Ethical decisions are shaped by a blend of how serious the issue is, a person's own values, and the surrounding organizational environment. When an issue carries strong intensity, it heightens moral awareness—people are more likely to recognize that an ethical choice is required and feel the weight of the consequences. Individual factors—like your personal values, integrity, and moral development—drive how you evaluate options and what you’re willing to do to act ethically. Organizational factors—such as the ethics climate, culture, policies, leadership, and incentive systems—set the norms and provide support or pressure for or against certain actions.

Together, these elements explain why people sometimes act ethically and other times slip, depending on how intense the issue feels, what they personally believe, and what the organization fosters as acceptable behavior. The other options focus on pressures or signals that don’t capture this triad of issue seriousness, personal values, and organizational context, so they don’t align as well with how ethical decisions are formed.