RT Article
T1 A "grey" side of family business ethics?: looking into the interplay of internal and external ethical orientations : empirical insights from the wine industry
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 198
IS 4
SP 749
OP 770
A1 Casprini, Elena
A1 Palumbo, Rocco
A1 Cammeo, Jacopo
A1 Zanni, Lorenzo 1963-
A2 Palumbo, Rocco
A2 Cammeo, Jacopo
A2 Zanni, Lorenzo 1963-
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1925604756
AB Drawing on virtue ethics and stakeholder theory, the article investigates the unfolding of business ethics in the wine industry, with a focus on family businesses. Attention is specifically paid to the interplay of internal (i.e., employees-centeredness and organizational inclusiveness) and external (i.e., people-centeredness and territorial development) ethical orientations. A unique sample of 164 Italian wine businesses was built to get evidence of how the nexus of internal and external ethical orientations is handled, emphasizing the distinctive traits of family businesses. We found that employee-centeredness nurtured organizational inclusiveness and fostered people-centeredness. Interestingly, the family businesses' concern for territorial development curbed the positive implications of employee-centeredness on people-centeredness. The study results extend scholarly knowledge, shedding light on a "grey" side of family businesses' ethics.
K1 Agricultural Ethics
K1 Business Ethics
K1 Employee-centeredness
K1 Family Business
K1 Family businesses
K1 Normative Ethics
K1 Organizational inclusiveness
K1 People-centeredness
K1 Political Ethics
K1 Religion and Ethics
K1 Territorial development
K1 Wine industry
K1 Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
DO 10.1007/s10551-025-05944-8