Abstract

This article explores Brazilian workers’ ethics position and compares it to those of other nations. We surveyed 410 Brazilian workers and used the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ), with idealism and relativism scales. We translated, back-translated, and adapted the scales according to Sperber and conducted exploratory factor analyses together with confirmatory factor analyses to validate them. The results show that Brazilians present, on average, high idealism and low relativism. Therefore, Brazil appears to be a well-defined “absolutist” country compared to other nations, a surprising outcome, since Brazil ranks as one of the most corrupt countries on international scales.

摘要

本文探讨了巴西工人的道德立场，并将其与其他国家进行比较。我们对 410 名巴西工人进行了调查，并使用了道德立场问卷 (EPQ)，其中包括理想主义和相对主义量表。我们根据 Sperber 翻译、反向翻译和调整量表，并进行探索性因素分析和验证性因素分析以对其进行验证。结果显示，巴西人平均表现出较高的理想主义和较低的相对主义。因此，与其他国家相比，巴西似乎是一个明确的“专制”国家，这是一个令人惊讶的结果，因为巴西是国际范围内最腐败的国家之一。