When does Ethical Code Enforcement Matter in the Inter-Organizational Context? The Moderating Role of Switching Costs
Drawing on signaling theory, we suggest that a supplier’s enforcement of ethical codes sends signals about the supplier that affect a buyer’s decision to continue their commitment to the supplier. We then draw on side-bet theory to hypothesize how switching costs influence the importance of a suppli...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2011
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 104, Issue: 1, Pages: 47-58 |
Further subjects: | B
Ethical code enforcement
B Switching costs B Organizational commitment B Inter-organizational relationships |
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