Bribery in MNEs: The Dynamics of Corruption Culture Distance and Organizational Distance to Core Values

We examine how corporate bribery is impacted by cultural distance between multinational enterprises (MNEs) home and host countries, and organizational distance to core values between MNE entry modes and MNE headquarters. Tension between external and internal legitimacy helps to explain why cultural...

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VerfasserInnen: Sampath, Vijay S. (Verfasst von) ; Rahman, Noushi (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2019
In: Journal of business ethics
Jahr: 2019, Band: 159, Heft: 3, Seiten: 817-835
weitere Schlagwörter:B Ethical codes of conduct
B Multinationals
B Legitimacy
B Corruption culture distance
B Organizational distance
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Zusammenfassung:We examine how corporate bribery is impacted by cultural distance between multinational enterprises (MNEs) home and host countries, and organizational distance to core values between MNE entry modes and MNE headquarters. Tension between external and internal legitimacy helps to explain why cultural and organizational distances will affect MNE bribery. The empirical analysis used data from cross-border transactions by MNEs that were sanctioned by US regulatory officials between 1978 and 2011. We find statistical support for all hypotheses capturing main and moderating effects and suggest that MNEs may be seriously risking their legitimacies from transactions in corruption-prone host countries.
ISSN:1573-0697
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-018-3827-0