Approaches to organisational culture and ethics

This paper assesses the potential of organisational culture as a means for improving ethics in organisations. Organisational culture is recognised as one determinant of how people behave, more or less ethically, in organisations. It is also incresingly understood as an attribute that management can...

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Main Author: Sinclair, Amanda (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 1993
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1993, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-73
Further subjects:B Ethical Behaviour
B Organisational Culture
B Organisational Performance
B Culture Model
B Economic Growth
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