Moral Support Structures in Private Industry -- The Swedish Case
This study was designed to survey the extent to which private companies in Sweden take structural measures within the field of business ethics: Codes of Ethics; Ethics Committees; Ethics Officers and Ethics Training. This was done in two steps. Through a nation-wide telephone survey, a population of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1997
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 1997, Volume: 16, Issue: 7, Pages: 663-697 |
| Further subjects: | B
Telephone Survey
B Private Company B Business Ethic B Economic Growth B Support Structure |
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| Summary: | This study was designed to survey the extent to which private companies in Sweden take structural measures within the field of business ethics: Codes of Ethics; Ethics Committees; Ethics Officers and Ethics Training. This was done in two steps. Through a nation-wide telephone survey, a population of "active" companies were identified. These companies received a questionnaire with detailed questions regarding the design, usage and effects of these measures. The percentage of active companies were found to be a high 46%. National and industry characteristics are proposed as explanatory factors. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1017972720205 |