RT Article
T1 The Business Ethics Index as a Leading Economic Indicator
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 99
IS 4
SP 519
OP 525
A1 Tsalikis, John
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785641360
AB Theoretical justification for the Business Ethics Index (BEI) from the emerging economics of trust literature is discussed. The BEI results for 2007, 2008, and 2009 are presented. While the Personal/Past BEI component shows no significant difference from the previous years, the Vicarious/Past component shows a dramatic drop to levels previously never recorded. However, when it came to the perception of the future business ethical behavior, respondents were signifi- cantly more optimistic than in previous measurements. This finding was more than a little surprising given the depth of the economic crisis. A possible explanation is that consumers hopefully perceived the economic crisis as already abating and/or that at least the worst was over.
K1 consumer perceptions
K1 Business Ethics
K1 Economic indicators
K1 business ethics index (BEI)
DO 10.1007/s10551-010-0664-1