The Ethical Dimensions of Decision Processes of Employees
The influence of stakeholders, organisational commitment, personal values, goals of the organisation and socio-demographic characteristics of individuals on the ethical dimension of behavioural intentions of employees in various organisations are investigated. The research results show that employee...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2001
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
Year: 2001, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 87-99 |
| Further subjects: | B
personal values
B ethical dimension in the decision processes B Stakeholders B Conjoint analysis B organisational goals and organisational commitment |
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| Summary: | The influence of stakeholders, organisational commitment, personal values, goals of the organisation and socio-demographic characteristics of individuals on the ethical dimension of behavioural intentions of employees in various organisations are investigated. The research results show that employees working for the public sector or in educational institutions take more ethical aspects into account than employees working in the "private" sector. The influence of stakeholders and organisational commitment do not significantly affect the ethical behaviour of employees, and only some personal values and goals of the organisation have a significant influence on ethical behaviour. The most significant explanatory factor of ethical decision making seems to be what may be called "stage in the career of the employee": "ethical" employees can be described as young, with a relatively low income, limited work experience and a low level of responsibility in the company. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1017536222355 |