Table 4.

Final model of categorisation

Domains	Items	References
Enhanced emotional support*	1. Enhances possibility to share difficult emotions and thoughts with co-workers	[5,8,10]
	2. Strengthens my self-confidence when managing ethically difficult situations	[10]
	3. Enables me to better manage the stress caused by ethically difficult situations	[6,8,23,32]
	4. Increases awareness of my own emotions regarding ethically difficult situations	[5,14]
	5. I feel more secure to express doubts or uncertainty regarding ethically difficult situations	[6,8,33,34]
Enhanced collaboration	6. Greater opportunity for everyone to have their say	[8,10]
	7. Better mutual understanding of each other’s reasoning and acting	[8,10,21]
	8. Enhances mutual respect amongst co-workers	[2,14,21]
	9. I and my co-workers manage disagreements more constructively	[1,35]
	10. More open communication among co-workers	[2,8,10,21]
Improved moral reflexivity	11. Develops my skills to analyse ethically difficult situations	[1,6,15,35,36]
	12. Increases my awareness of the complexity of ethically difficult situations	[9,21]
	13. Develops my ability to identify the core ethical question in the difficult situations	[10,15,21,34,37]
	14. I see the ethically difficult situations from different perspectives	[8-10,14,21,38]
	15. Enhances my understanding of ethical theories (ethical principles, values and norms)	[15,34]
Improved moral attitude	16. I become more aware of my preconceived notions	[6,10,12]
	17. I gain more clarity about my own responsibility in the ethically difficult situations	[9,10,12]
	18. I listen more seriously to others’ opinions	[14,21]
	19. Gives me more courage to express my ethical standpoint	[21]
	20. I understand better what it means to be a good professional	[21]
Impact on organizational level	21. I and my co-workers become more aware of recurring ethically difficult situations	[33,35]
	22. Contributes to the development of practice/policies in the workplace	[21]
	23. I and my co-workers examine more critically the existing practice/policies in the workplace/organization	(new)
Concrete results	24. Find more courses of actions in order to manage the ethically difficult situation	[34,35,39,40]
	25. Consensus is gained amongst co-workers in how to manage the ethically difficult situations	[9,15,40]
	26. Enables me and my co-workers to decide on concrete actions in order to manage the ethically difficult situations	[2,15,36,37]

*References [11-13].