RT Article
T1 The Ethical Climate of Danish Firms: A Discussion and Enhancement of the Ethical-Climate Model
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 80
IS 4
SP 653
OP 675
A1 Lemmergaard, Jeanette
A1 Lauridsen, Jørgen 1960-
A2 Lauridsen, Jørgen 1960-
LA English
YR 2008
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785630504
AB The initial purpose of this study is to provide an empirical validation of Victor and Cullen’s ethical-climate model (1987, Frederick (ed.), Research in Corporate Social Performance and Policy, Vol. 9, pp. 51–71; 1988, Administrative Science Quarterly 33, 101–125; 1990, Frederick and Preston (eds.), Business Ethics: Research Issues and Empirical Studies (JAI Press Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut), pp. 77–97). Testing the model on a sample of Danish firms, this study demonstrates that the empirical model as suggested by Victor and Cullen is much stronger than suggested by previous research. Based on a confirmatory factor model, the results of this study suggest a revised ethical structure. Especially a sixth dimension – own interest – is separated from the original instrumental dimension. Further, this study suggests that the ethical-climate model can be enhanced with the dimension of autonomy deriving from Koys and DeCotiis’ (1991, Human Relations 44(3), 265–285.) dimensional psychological climate instrument.
K1 Ethical Climate
K1 Ethics
K1 covariance modeling
K1 Confirmatory Factor Analysis
K1 Autonomy
DO 10.1007/s10551-007-9461-x