Systems and methods for predicting ethical behavior using a psychometric instrument. The method involves: computing an ethical concern score based on a first group of ethical cognition items, a second group of ethical affect items, a third group of ethical conation items, and a fourth group of ethical courage items; computing an ethical consistency score; and computing an ethical integrity score based on the ethical concern score and the ethical consistency score.
Please help me write a proper abstract based on the patent claims. CLAIM: 1. A method of validating a psychometric instrument for use in predicting ethical behavior, comprising: generating a first plurality of items relating to ethical integrity; subjectively assigning each one of the plurality of items into one of the following categories: i) ethical cognition; ii) ethical affect; iii) ethical conation; iv) ethical courage; and v) other; defining a second plurality of items comprising a subset of the first plurality of items assigned to only the following categories: i) ethical cognition; ii) ethical affect; iii) ethical conation; and iv) ethical courage; administering the second plurality of items to a closed group of participants to yield a response array; computer processing the response array using predictive analytics to generate a third plurality of items comprising a subset of the second plurality of items; and evaluating the predictive validity of the third plurality of items using a self-interest test. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising computing an ethical concern score for each participant based on the third plurality of items. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein computing the ethical concern score comprises: computing a first mean score for answers in the ethical cognition category; computing a second mean score for answers in the ethical affect category; computing a third mean score for answers in the ethical conation category; computing a fourth mean score for answers in the ethical courage category; and computing a grand mean corresponding to the ethical concern score as follows: [(first mean score)+(second mean score)+(third mean score)+(fourth mean score)]/4. 4. The method of claim 2, further comprising computing an ethical consistency score for each participant based on the ethical concern score and the third plurality of items. 5. The method of claim 4, wherein computing the ethical consistency score comprises: converting the first mean score into a first z-score; converting the second mean score into a second z-score; converting the third mean score into a third z-score; converting the fourth mean score into a fourth z-score; and computing first, second, third, and fourth standard deviation values for the first, second, third, and fourth z-scores, respectively. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the standard deviation between the first, second, third, and fourth z-scores comprises an index of component consistency. 7. The method of claim 4, further comprising computing an ethical integrity score based on the ethical concern score and the ethical consistency score. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein computing the ethical integrity score comprises: computing a high ethical integrity range corresponding to high ethical concern and high ethical consistency; computing a mixed ethical integrity range corresponding to either high ethical concern and low ethical consistency, or low ethical concern and high ethical consistency; and computing a low ethical integrity range corresponding to low ethical concern and low ethical consistency. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the self-interest test comprises at least one of an ultimatum game and an honesty test. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein subjectively assigning requires at least 80% agreement among independent assigning persons. ii. The method of claim 1, wherein the response array comprises a matrix of answers to the second plurality of items for the plurality of participants. 12. The method of claim 12, wherein the answers are based on a Likert scale. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the predictive analytics comprise at least one of exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation, and liner regression. 14. The method of claim 1, wherein the predictive analytics are implemented on a digital computer running SPSS 21. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein the predictive analytics are configured to satisfy at least two of the following adequacy criteria: 1) a KMO and Bartlett's test of sphericity; 2) a Principal Axis Factoring extraction method; 3) a Direct Oblimin rotation method; and 4) Coefficient Display Format. 16. The method of claim 3, wherein evaluating the predictive validity of the third plurality of items comprises: using predictor variables comprising the first, second, third, and fourth mean scores, and at least one of a moral identity value, a resilience value, and a power value; using a dependent variable corresponding to self-interested behavior. 17. The method of claim 1, wherein the third plurality of items comprises twelve items consisting of three items in each of the following categories: i) ethical cognition; ii) ethical affect; iii) ethical conation; and iv) ethical courage. 18. An Ethical Integrity Scale (EIS) for use in predicting future ethical behavior, comprising: a measure of ethical concern computed from a first group of ethical cognition items, a second group of ethical affect items, a third group of ethical conation items, and a fourth group of ethical courage items; and a measure of ethical consistency. 19. The EIS of claim 18, wherein the measure of ethical concern and the measure of ethical consistency are combined to predict behavior within one of the following ranges: high ethical integrity range corresponding to high ethical concern and high ethical consistency; a mixed ethical integrity range corresponding to either high ethical concern and low ethical consistency, or low ethical concern and high ethical consistency; and low ethical integrity range corresponding to low ethical concern and low ethical consistency. 20. Computer code stored in a non-transient medium which, when executed by a computer processor, performs the steps of: computing an ethical concern score based on a first group of ethical cognition items, a second group of ethical affect items, a third group of ethical conation items, and a fourth group of ethical courage items; computing an ethical consistency score; and computing an ethical integrity score based on the ethical concern score and the ethical consistency score.