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White, Stephanie, and Davar Rezania. "The impact of coaches’ ethical leadership behaviour on athletes’ voice and performance." Sport, Business and Management: An International Journal 9, no. 5 (November 11, 2019): 460–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/sbm-11-2017-0079.
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Purpose Ethics and leadership are ongoing topics in high performance sports. The purpose of this paper is to provide an insight into the relationship between coaches’ ethical leadership behaviour, as perceived by athletes, and its impact on student-athlete accountability, voice and performance. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines the constructs of coaches’ ethical leadership behaviour, felt accountability and voice behaviour. The authors surveyed student-athletes from a variety of sports who compete in the Ontario University Athletics Regional Association. A total of 303 respondents (n=303) completed the survey. Partial least squares path modelling algorithm was utilised for testing hypotheses. Findings The results of the study indicate a significant relationship between a coach exhibiting ethical leadership behaviour and student-athlete voice behaviour and performance. Felt accountability mediates the effect of ethical leadership on voice and performance. Practical implications This study provides support for the hypothesis that coaches who behave ethically and whose actions represent their words create an environment where a student-athlete feels accountable. This is a powerful concept as it can positively impact individual and team success. The findings suggest that one of the ways that coaches can impact athletes’ performance is to demonstrate and model ethical conduct, and reward ethical acts. Originality/value The paper examines how coaches’ ethical behaviour might impact individual processes of accountability, voice and performance. Second, the paper uses the construct of accountability to explain how coaches’ ethical leadership impacts student-athlete behaviour. The accountability literature indicates that followers’ behaviours can be understood as the consequences of his/her perceived accountability towards the leader.
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Dadhich, Anubha, and Kanika T. Bhal. "Ethical Leader Behaviour and Leader-Member Exchange as Predictors of Subordinate Behaviours." Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers 33, no. 4 (October 2008): 15–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0256090920080402.
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The role of leader or leadership in management has occupied the attention of both theorists and practitioners alike. Of late, its role has also been considered significant in ethical issues given the exposure of various ethical scandals. Research on ethical leadership, despite its importance, is limited. Part of the problem may lie in the difficulties associated with studying ethical leadership in a field setting. This study, therefore, uses an experimental design to explore the impact of ethical leadership on subordinates' outcomes (behaviours and perceptions). This concept of ethical leadership is juxtaposed with exchange-based relationship between the leader and the member (leader-member-exchange or LMX). LMX focuses on one-to-one exchange-based relationship between a leader and a subordinate. However, ethical leadership based on Brown et.al's (2005) work is conceptualized as the leader's ethical-moral behaviour in general. This study explores the relative impact of ethical leader behaviour and LMX on subordinate outcomes which are distinguished in terms of ethics-related (leaders honesty, willingness to report problems, affective trust, and cognitive trust) and work-related (leaders effectiveness, satisfaction with the leader, and extra effort) outcomes. The study makes several contributions to the existing leadership literature. To begin with, and to the best of our knowledge, no research has explored the relative impact of one-on-one relationship with the leader (LMX) and ethical leaders' behaviour on subordinate outcomes. Second, subordinate outcomes have been conceptualized as belonging to either of the two categories — pragmatic⁄generic jobrelated behaviours (outcomes), (e.g., extra effort of the subordinate, effectiveness of the subordinate, and satisfaction with the leader) or idealistic ethics-related outcomes like (leader's honesty, willingness to report problems, affective trust, idealized behaviour, and idealized attribute). It is argued that theoretically, though LMX is a strong determinant of pragmatic job-related behaviour (outcomes), ethical leadership is more likely to predict idealistic ethicsrelated outcomes. The hypotheses are tested through an experimental study. The overall design of the experiment was a 2 (Ethical Leadership: Ethical, Unethical) X 2 (LMX: Low; High) between-participants factorial, employing four versions of scenarios. All the dependent variables were measured through standard scales and they showed high reliability coefficients. ANOVA tests indicated that not only ethics-related behaviours but work-related behaviours of the subordinates too were predicted by ethical leader behaviour which shows the functional significance of ethical leader behaviour. The results are discussed for their theoretical and practical implications while mentioning the limitations of the study.
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Dietrich, Michael, and Donna Rowen. "Ethical Principles and Economic Analysis." Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics 16, no. 3 (April 2005): 247–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/02601079x05001600303.
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Traditional economics assumes that economic agents are self-interested, whereas arguably individuals are ethically motivated and aware, and hence economic analysis can benefit from an incorporation of ethical motivation, awareness and intention. We argue that ethics can be incorporated into the individual decision-making process by adapting the assumption that individuals are self-interested through an expansion of the notion of self-interest which is consistent with rationality. Ethical motivation therefore has a self-interested foundation, as ethical motivation appears as an extension of self-interest rather than as pure ethical motivation alone. The ethical behaviour which is most appealing is where individuals act ethically due both to an intrinsic valuation of ethics and because it is in their self-interest, rather than because it is in their self-interest alone. This type of ethical behaviour can be represented using a two-stage process, whereby individuals firstly adopt ethical principles because they value ethics in itself, and secondly because it is in their interest to do so. This two-stage process builds on insights provided by, among others, Sen and Etzioni. The first stage of the two-stage process (where the individual makes a commitment to ethical principles due to the intrinsic value of ethics rather than its instrumental value) is the most challenging for economic analysis. Two possible frameworks are suggested based on commitment and learned behaviour and institutional analysis. We find that both frameworks are suggestive but a complete analysis requires inputs from wider socio-political factors.
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McMillan, John, and Mark Sheehan. "ethical review and ethical behaviour." BMJ 330, no. 7489 (February 24, 2005): 473.1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.330.7489.473.
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Boru, Deniz, and Guler Islamoglu. "Ethics, Trust and Mutual Assistance." Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective 9, no. 3 (July 2005): 25–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/097226290500900303.
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There is a lot of literature on the importance of ethics and trust. Ethics has been found to be closely related with trust because it has been agreed by many researchers that in order to develop trust, behaviour must be ethical The present research aims to study the effect of ethics on trust and mutual assistance. The research was conducted by distributing questionnaires among the employees of different organizations in different sectors. Analyses indicated that people trust individuals exhibiting ethical behaviour more than individuals exhibiting neutral behaviours; but there would be no difference in giving and taking assistance to and from people exhibiting ethical or neutral behaviour.
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Abratt, Russell, and Nicola Higgs. "Implementing business ethics in large British organisations." South African Journal of Business Management 26, no. 1 (March 31, 1995): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v26i1.817.
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Much attention has been paid to ethics in the realm of business where i't is believed that a company should focus not only on the development of ethical business policies, but the implementation thereof as well. While ethical behaviour in business has been accepted, the implementation of ethical policies is proving to be difficult. In this article we firstly review the business ethics implementation literature with a particular focus on codes of conduct. We then present results from a study of British companies, commenting on methods of fostering ethical behaviour, the use of formal codes of ethics, management's involvement in implementation, and the effectiveness of codes of business practice. The results show that large British organisations are becoming more ethically aware, but still have some way to go in implementing ethical policies.
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Sharif, Khurram. "Investigating the key determinants of Muslim ethical consumption behaviour amongst affluent Qataris." Journal of Islamic Marketing 7, no. 3 (September 12, 2016): 303–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jima-01-2015-0001.
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Purpose The purpose of this research paper was the study of an affluent Islamic market, going through a rapid economic and social transformation, from an ethical consumption perspective. More specifically, impact of environmentalism, consumption ethics, fair trade attitude and materialism was investigated on the ethical consumption behaviour of Muslim consumers. Design/methodology/approach A research framework was put together after consulting relevant literature, Islamic scholars and Islamic marketers. The developed research framework was tested in the Islamic State of Qatar. As an outcome of an online questionnaire-based survey targeting Muslim (Qatari) consumers in a public university, 243 usable questionnaires were collected. After reliability and validity checks, AMOS SPSS 20 was used to conduct structural equation modelling analysis on the collected data. Findings The results showed consumption ethics, environmentalism and fair trade attitude as significant determinants of ethical consumption behaviour. There was an insignificant association between materialism and ethical consumption behaviour. The findings suggested that most Muslim consumers within this affluent market showed an interest in ethical consumption. However, an insignificant association between materialism and ethical consumption behaviour implied that even though Muslim consumers demonstrated ethical consumption behaviour, they were not anti-materialism. The outcome suggests that due to the high levels of affluence among Muslim consumers, it is possible that they may be practising ethical and materialistic consumption simultaneously. Practical implications This research should assist marketers in understanding the ethical consumption behaviour of Muslim consumers who are faced with ethical and materialistic consumption options within an affluent Islamic market. Originality/value The research should add to the body of consumer behaviour knowledge, as it provides an insight into the consumption behaviour of Muslims who are facing social and religious ideology conflicts which makes their ethical consumption behaviours more sophisticated.
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Kashif, Muhammad, Anna Zarkada, and Ramayah Thurasamy. "The moderating effect of religiosity on ethical behavioural intentions." Personnel Review 46, no. 2 (March 6, 2017): 429–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pr-10-2015-0256.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate Pakistani bank front-line employees’ intentions to behave ethically by using the extended theory of planned behaviour (ETPB) into which religiosity (i.e. religious activity, devotion to rituals and belief in doctrine) is integrated as a moderating variable. Design/methodology/approach The authors collected 234 self-administered questionnaires and analysed them using SmartPLS 2.0, a second generation structural equation modelling technique. Findings This paper demonstrates that the ETPB can explain intentions to behave ethically. Moral norms (i.e. the rules of morality that people believe they ought to follow) and perceived behavioural control (i.e. people’s perceptions of their ability to perform a given behaviour) are the best predictors of ethical behavioural intentions. The effects of injunctive norms (i.e. perceptions of which behaviours are typically approved or disapproved in an organisation) and of perceived behavioural control on behavioural intent are moderated by religiosity. Practical implications Leading by example, providing ethics training, empowering employees and encouraging the expression of religiosity are proposed as ways to foster an ethical culture in the workplace. Originality/value Even though numerous empirical studies have utilised variants of the theory of planned behaviour to explain consumer behaviour, its applicability to ethical behaviour in the workplace has scarcely been explored. Moreover, its tests in non-western contexts are scant. This study demonstrates the applicability of the ETPB in a broader circumstantial and cultural context and enriches it with religiosity, a pertinent characteristic of billions of people around the world. Finally, this is one of the very few ethics studies focusing on banking, an industry fraught with allegations of moral breaches.
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Le, Tri D., and Tai Anh Kieu. "Ethically minded consumer behaviour in Vietnam." Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics 31, no. 3 (June 10, 2019): 609–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/apjml-12-2017-0344.
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Purpose Consumer ethics in Asia has attracted attention from marketing scholars and practitioners. Ethical beliefs and judgements have been predominantly investigated within this area. Recent research argues for consumer ethics to be measured in terms of behaviours rather than attitudinal judgements, due to a potential pitfall of attitudinal scales, which researchers often refer to as an attitude–behaviour gap. Accordingly, the purpose of this paper is to examine the dimensions of ethically minded consumer behaviour (EMCB) in an Asian emerging market context. Design/methodology/approach A survey of 316 Vietnamese consumers was conducted to investigate their ethically minded behaviours. Findings The SEM analyses reveal a significant impact of long-term orientation on EMCB, whereas spirituality has no impact. Collectivism, attitude to ethically minded consumption and subjective norms are found to influence the dimensions of EMCB. Age, income and job levels have effects on EMCB dimensions, but gender, surprisingly, has no effect. Practical implications The study can be beneficial to businesses and policy makers in Vietnam or any similar Asian markets, especially in encouraging people to engage with ethical consumption. Furthermore, it provides practitioners in Vietnam with a measurement instrument that can be used to profile and segment consumers. Originality/value This is among the first studies utilising and examining EMCB, especially in Vietnam where research into consumer ethics is scant. It contributes to the body of knowledge by providing a greater understanding of the impact of personal characteristics and cultural environment on consumer ethics, being measured by the EMCB scale which has taken into account the consumption choices. Furthermore, this study adds further validation to the EMCB scale.
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Klopotan, Igor, Ana Aleksić, and Nikolina Vinković. "Do Business Ethics and Ethical Decision Making Still Matter: Perspective of Different Generational Cohorts." Business Systems Research Journal 11, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 31–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/bsrj-2020-0003.
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AbstractBackground: Research in business ethics shows that individual differences can influence one’s ethical behaviour. In addition, variability in attitudes towards ethical issues among different generations is emphasized. Still, results are inconclusive and call for an additional examination of possible generational differences with regard to ethics and ethical values.Objectives: Our objective is to test if the perception of the importance of business ethics, attitudes towards ethical issues and aspects influencing ethical behaviour, differ among the four generations currently present in the workforce.Methods/Approach: Theoretical implications are empirically tested on a sample of 107 individuals, members of Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials and Generation Z.Results: In general, the results indicate that there are little or no generational differences related to the analysed aspects of business ethics. The significant difference is present only in the importance given to factors that influence ethical decision-making: (i) formal rules and procedures, (ii) performance management system and (iii) job pressures, between the members of Generation Z and older generations.Conclusions: In spite of employee diversity, ethics continues to present an important aspect of the business environment. Thus, organizations need to be oriented towards creating ethical leaders and a positive ethical climate that ensures that ethical values and behaviours are present throughout the organization.
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Ruiz-Palomino, Pablo, Ricardo Martinez-Canas, and Raul del Pozo-Rubio. "Promoting Ethics In The Workplace: Why Not Reflect General Organizational Justice?" International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 11, no. 13 (December 19, 2012): 1447. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v11i13.7446.
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Recent decades reveal increasing academic and practitioner interest in improving corporations social and ethical reputations. Efforts to promote ethics usually focus on the implementation of explicit, formal mechanisms, aimed at transmitting ethical and moral content and reflecting an interest in behavioural ethics. Although the efficacy of these mechanisms has been demonstrated, such efforts may fail if ethics does not exist in reality in the normal procedures and operations of the firm and in the treatment employees perceive from their employers. Organizational justice is an antecedent of ethical behaviour, though most research depicting this link has centred exclusively on assessing (un)ethical behaviours directed toward the organization. Other insights, however, might suggest a relationship between organizational justice perceptions and general ethical behaviour; therefore, this study conducts an empirical examination of survey data from 436 Spanish banking employees to discern their perceptions of organizational justice by top management and whether these perceptions are related to general ethical/unethical behaviours. Findings, finally, reveal that such perceptions have positive effects on workforce general ethics. That is, actions and efforts by top management that signal organizational justice can help promote ethics among a wider workforce. These findings have substantial practical implications, as well as insights for further research.
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Furtak, A. M. "Developing ethical research behaviour in doctoral students." South African Journal of Bioethics and Law 15, no. 2 (October 12, 2022): 65–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/sajbl.2022.v15i2.813.
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Ethical research behaviour plays an essential role in ensuring the integrity of knowledge. Consequently, ethical transgressions during the research process negatively influence the knowledge produced, and have wider social consequences for various stakeholders in society. To honour the value and role of ethical research for individuals and society, researchers are required to display ethical judgement and ethically responsible research behaviour. Doctoral students, who are considered to be significant contributors to knowledge creation, can improve the quality of their research through their ethical research behaviour. Owing to the implicit and explicit ethical practices and conflicts that can arise during the research process, the supervision process is an opportune moment for developing ethical research behaviour and ethical capabilities in doctoral students. This article focuses on developing ethical research behaviour in doctoral students, and offers pragmatic guidelines for ways in which this behaviour can be developed during the supervision process.
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Seshadri, D. V. R., Achal Raghavan, and Shobitha Hegde. "Business Ethics: The Next Frontier for Globalizing Indian Companies." Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers 32, no. 3 (July 2007): 61–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0256090920070305.
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Nowhere is the fast changing nature of the global business landscape more perceptible than on the ethics front. With a spate of recent unethical behaviours by large corporations in the Western world, especially in USA, their societies have become intolerant to businesses that manifest unethical behaviour. Legal and regulatory frameworks in these countries have been swift to respond through stringent laws such as the Sarbanes Oxley Corporate Reform Act. Consequently, most businesses based in these countries have become extremely risk averse on the ethics front. Few of them would like to have anything to do with any unethical company in any part of the world. This changed mindset has significant ramifications for Indian companies that have global aspirations. No Indian company that hopes to globalize in any manner can afford to ignore these changes sweeping the global business arena on the ethics front. Business ethics encompasses much more than mere compliance with laws and regulations. It is about every individual in the organization acting ethically, about creating an ethically sound working environment within the organization and about modeling ethical behaviour by leadership at all levels. Research suggests that it makes good long-term business sense to be ethical. For a company's ethics policy to be successfully implemented, it is essential that: The code of ethics is clearly communicated to employees. Employees are formally trained in it. They are told how to deal with ethical challenges. The code is implemented strongly. The code is contemporary. The company leadership adheres to the highest ethical standards. When an employee gets no clear answers from the organization while dealing with decisions that have inherent ethical dilemmas, he tends to chart his own course of action by drawing on his intuition, conviction, and beliefs, and assessing the pressures of the situation at hand, putting the organization at considerable risk. Globalizing Indian companies essentially have two options. One is to sit back and wait for the tightening of regulatory and societal screws on them, forcing them into ethical behaviour in a reactive mode. The other approach is for them to proactively herald the new era of business ethics by becoming torch bearers of the new order of things. It is in the organization's selfinterest to take a proactive posture on the ethics issue, and be well-prepared for the shape of things to come. We also show how this can be done and what challenges must be addressed for success on this journey.
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Lohne, Jardar, Fredrik Svalestuen, Vegard Knotten, Frode Olav Drevland, and Ola Lædre. "Ethical behaviour in the design phase of AEC projects." International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 10, no. 2 (April 4, 2017): 330–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijmpb-06-2016-0049.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on studies on the ethics in the design phase in Norwegian construction projects. The ambition is to establish a descriptive picture of ethical challenges practitioners meet in the design phase in order to raise awareness among them. Design/methodology/approach In addition to a literature review and a document study of ethical frameworks within the industry, interviews with key participants were carried out according to a qualitative approach. The study was undertaken in order to address framework conditions for handling ethically challenging situations, challenges of an ethical nature practitioners commonly encounter in the design phase and finally the structural (systemic) reasons for such challenges. Findings This research finds indications of actors manoeuvring in the design phase for own benefit at the expense of other actors. The findings equally indicate that the design phase poses significant challenges in light of tender documents pricing and exploiting cost reimbursement contracts. In some of the projects examined, participants shifted loyalty after novation contracting and they actively tried to steer the decision processes in their own favour. Originality/value There does in fact seem to be perceptions of a room of manoeuvre between what is unlawful and what is ethically sound in this phase.
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Kusvanti, HeniIkke, Suhendro Suhendro, and Riana R. Dewi. "INDIVIDUAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE THE ETHICAL BEHAVIOR OF ACCOUNTING STUDENT." eBA Journal: Journal Economics, Bussines and Accounting 5, no. 1 (February 13, 2019): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.32492/eba.v5i1.705.
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This research aims to find out how the influence of gender, ethical sensitivity, locus of control, and the understanding of the code of ethics the ethical behaviour against the accountant accounting students at universities in Surakarta. The population in this research are undergraduate students program of study had been completed accounting auditing courses at the Islamic University of Surakarta Batik, Slamet Riyadi, University and high school Economics. Sampling technique used was simple random sampling technique. Methods of analysis used was multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this research show that gender, ethical sensitivity and locus of control have no effect against the ethical behavior of college students in Surakarta. While the understanding of the code of ethics to ethical behavior of college students in Surakarta. The value of the coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.102. This indicates that the variansi variable on the practice of ethical behavior of college students in higher education in Surakarta amounted to 10.2% can be explained by the variable gender, ethical sensitivity, locus of control and understanding of the code of ethics of accountants, while the rest 89.8% is explained by factors – factors other than that examinedThis research aims to find out how the influence of gender, ethical sensitivity, locus of control, and the understanding of the code of ethics the ethical behaviour against the accountant accounting students at universities in Surakarta. The population in this research are undergraduate students program of study had been completed accounting auditing courses at the Islamic University of Surakarta Batik, Slamet Riyadi, University and high school Economics. Sampling technique used was simple random sampling technique. Methods of analysis used was multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this research show that gender, ethical sensitivity and locus of control have no effect against the ethical behavior of college students in Surakarta. While the understanding of the code of ethics to ethical behavior of college students in Surakarta. The value of the coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.102. This indicates that the variansi variable on the practice of ethical behavior of college students in higher education in Surakarta amounted to 10.2% can be explained by the variable gender, ethical sensitivity, locus of control and understanding of the code of ethics of accountants, while the rest 89.8% is explained by factors – factors other than that examined
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Tihole, Maja, and Sabina Taškar Beloglavec. "Ethics in Banks’ Publicly Accessible Documents: The Case of Slovenia." European Journal of Marketing and Economics 1, no. 3 (November 29, 2018): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.26417/ejme.v1i3.p21-31.
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The article focuses on ethics being mentioned and addressed to in banks’ publicly accessible documents in Slovenian banking system. Authors in the first part deal with the question, whether a bank as a financial institution can be ethical as such, taking the responsibility for formation and development in the recent financial crisis into consideration. However, ethics in banking refers to ethical behaviour and activities at all levels of banking operations: from back office to front office, bank’s policies and strategies, and nevertheless, banks’ influence and involvement in the community. Such banks provide financing for projects and scholarships, sponsor events, promote environmental protection and similar activities described as socially responsible banking. Socially responsible banks can by all means act ethically. Our research is geographically wise limited to the banking system of Slovenia and content wise by looking merely into the fact whether or not ethics and ethical principles are present in Slovenian banking system and being a subject of banks’ reporting. We do not place a judgment about individual bank or banking system behaviour regarding ethics. The research is fully based on the presumption that information held in annual reports and other publicly accessible sources are correct and honest. In that context we set and tested two hypotheses. First (H1), being divided into two sub hypotheses, deals with the presence of ethics and ethical activities (H1a) and definition of ethical bank behaviour in banks’ publicly accessible documents (H2a) and second (H2) tests, whether banks in Slovenian banking system have ethical codes. We have accepted H1a and H2 and partly accepted H1b.
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Joyner, LoraKim. "Ethical considerations in wildlife medicine." Wildlife Rehabilitation Bulletin 39, no. 1 (May 31, 2022): 36–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.53607/wrb.v39.248.
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Component wildlife ethics includes two aspects: an understanding of ethical principles and skills in ethical deliberation. Ethical principles reviewed here include utilitarianism, deontological ethics, environmentalism or respect for nature, virtue ethics, relational ethics, care ethics and reverence for life ethics. Other processes and tools that take into account human sociology, behaviour and subconscious functioning in moral decision-making include conservation psychology, narrative ethics, socioscience, listening and communication skills, and needs-based ethics. We also take into account non-human functioning such as welfare science, conservation behaviour and cognitive ethology. Incorporating these tools and instituting ethical practices and programs within our wildlife and conservation management plans and organizations improve our ability to care for ourselves, other humans, wildlife and ecosystems.
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Rambe, Patient, and Takawira Munyaradzi Ndofirepi. "Influence of Small Business Ethics on Buying Decisions of Customers: A case of Indigenous Owned Fast-Food Outlets in Zimbabwe." Journal of Economics and Behavioral Studies 8, no. 5(J) (October 30, 2016): 169–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.22610/jebs.v8i5(j).1441.
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While the prevalence of ethical consumerism has pressured small businesses to embrace ethical behaviour, in ethically precarious business conditions the relentless pursuit for profit by small businesses may compel them to compromise their moral values. As such, a tacit struggle may persist between such businesses’ strategic orientations (e.g. profitability, improved performance) and demands of ethically conscious consumers. Drawing on ethics theory, this study explored the influence of the ethical conduct of small fast food outlets on buying intentions of customers. A survey was conducted on 116 probabilistically sampled customers of an indigenous owned fast-food outlet in two cities in Zimbabwe. Findings suggest that customers considered ethical conduct of business ventures when making their purchase decisions although it was unclear whether ethical consumers persistently maintained their buying decisions (i.e. purchasing ethically made products). Ethical business practices, however, remained an enduring feature of enterprises striving to optimise their profit motives.
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Cerit, Kamuran, Tuğba Karataş, and Dilek Ekici. "Behaviours of healthcare professionals towards difficult patients: A structural equation modelling study." Nursing Ethics 27, no. 2 (July 17, 2019): 554–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733019858694.
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Background: Some patients are stigmatised as difficult patients by healthcare professionals. This phenomenon has great many negative consequences. The behaviours of healthcare professionals towards difficult patients are important. Objective: To explore the behaviours of all healthcare professionals towards difficult patients. Research Design: This study was based on a cross-sectional research design using structural equation modelling. Participants and Research Context: Two hundred and fifty-four healthcare professionals were involved in the study in Turkey. ‘Participant Information Form’ and the ‘Healthcare Professionals Behaviour Assessment Questionnaire For Difficult Patient’ were used to collect data from participants. Ethical Consideration: Ethical approval was obtained from Gazi University Ethics Committee for the study. Informed consent of the participants in the study was taken and the confidentiality of the participants was ensured. Findings: It was explored that the behaviours of healthcare professionals towards difficult patients were categorised into ethical, supportive and negative. The highest mean score was supportive behaviour and the least mean score was negative. According to structural equation modelling, the most important predictor of difficult encounters was an ethical dimension. One-unit increase in ethical behaviour contributed to 0.92 unit increase in positive patient behaviour. Discussion: Patients generally are perceived as ‘difficult patient’ by the healthcare professionals, so the patients’ treatment and care services are affected negatively due to healthcare professionals’ negative beliefs and attitudes. The healthcare professionals should behave supportively towards difficult patients. Conclusion: Healthcare professionals should be aware of management strategies in dealing with difficult encounters. The behaviours of healthcare professionals should be improved in a positive way and awareness of ethical dimension of difficult encounters should be increased.
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Sievers, Georg. "Perspectives, implementability and measurability of ethical principles in management." SHS Web of Conferences 115 (2021): 03016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202111503016.
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Ethical behaviour in companies is built on principles, rules, values and resources. As integrative ethics, the macro level ensures a long-term and sustainable orientation of the company in the context of business ethics. The macro level ensures that the company can change its role from “expactant” to “creator” with regard to corporate ethics. The mezzo level prevents unethical behaviour in companies by offering them the opportunity to reflect on their own behaviour in the context of (government) guidelines. Finally, the micro level is considered essential. It creates the systemic preconditions for companies to be able to fulfil their ethical duties and take responsibility for their actions. Partnerships and networks play a central role in this context. Against this background, the existence of a regulatory framework, the measurement of ethical corporate behaviour with the help of standards and reporting, the existence of a sustainable corporate mission statement as well as the availability of necessary resources and the documentation of sustainable behaviour in the company can be derived from the literature as central success factors for the implementation of ethical standards in companies. These factors are compared by means of empirical research with a focus on the packaging industry in Germany, Switzerland and Austria so that the existence of a guiding regulatory framework in society and a sustainable corporate mission statement emerge as the final and particularly relevant characteristics for an ethically-sustainable company, the referencing of one’s own behaviour to sustainability indices, the use of the same (in particular the Dow Jones Sustainability (DJSI) and the Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE4 Good) indices) in reporting, the reference to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the formulation of the corporate objective and the use of voluntary standards in sustainability reporting.
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Economides, Kim, and Julian Webb. "Understanding Ethical Legal Behaviour." Legal Ethics 5, no. 1 (January 2002): 1–5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1460728x.2002.11424152.
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Lindsay, Geoff. "PSYCHOLOGISTS AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR." Educational and Child Psychology 8, no. 4 (1991): 33–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpsecp.1991.8.4.33.
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Dziadkiewicz, Anna. "Znaczenie etyki biznesu w kształtowaniu współczesnych norm i wartości." Przedsiębiorczość - Edukacja 8 (January 1, 2012): 155–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.24917/20833296.8.13.
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The role of business ethics is the main subject of this article. A lot of emphasis has been placed on this issue recently both in non-profit and profit activities, because it enhances managerial and employees’ sense of responsibility for compliance of their actions and results of business activities of a company with current ethical norms in the society. The article aims to highlight the role of business ethics in education and then applying it in business. It is a sign of proper treatment of employees and customers and creating value added, which is often neglected in a program of managerial studies. It is said that law limits enterprise activity “from outside”, while ethics limits it “from inside”. Is ethical behaviour a barrier though? This article presents business ethics as a chance to reinforce an enterprise image and build a corporate advantage on the market. It shows a necessity of behaviours in line with ethical rules behaviour in promotion, advertisement, sales promotion etc. that requires credible information without unethical manipulation. And where we can learn about business ethics – in education, especially because the analysis of businessmen behaviour in Poland requires work from scratch.
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Marebane, Senyeki Milton, Robert Toyo Hans, and Jacqui Coosner. "Perspectives on adherence to ethics standards and behaviour in software development." Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 26, no. 3 (June 1, 2022): 1573. http://dx.doi.org/10.11591/ijeecs.v26.i3.pp1573-1580.
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Considering the <span>powerful position assumed in creating software that changes human lives and society; it is compelling that in addition to technical standards, ethical standards, especially those captured in codes of ethics and practice be adhered to by software engineers. Despite efforts by professional bodies on ethical standards awareness, it is alleged that software engineers are not able to uphold ethical standards in software development projects. This research study probed lecturers concerned with the teaching of software development courses to determine their perceived levels of ethical standards and behavior. The findings show that the importance of ethical standards is recognized. The respondents reported high levels of ethical standards of their own work, colleagues’ work and their students’ work. Although in general the respondents reported high ethical standards, elements of lesser perceived ethical standards on students indicate the need for improvements. The findings of the study are important to educators and industry to recognize the significance of levels of ethics standards and the role educators have in terms of inculcating such ethical standards early in the making of future software engineers.</span>
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Toti, Jean-François, and Jean-Louis Moulins. "Ethical sensitivity: Conceptualization and new scale development." Recherche et Applications en Marketing (English Edition) 32, no. 3 (July 13, 2017): 6–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2051570717716562.
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This article proposes a new and original measurement scale for consumers’ ethical sensitivity (CES). Usually measured using scenarios, ethical sensitivity appears as a fundamental variable in understanding consumers’ ethical behaviour. In this study, we propose an alternative definition and a new scale for ethical sensitivity. We use a series of qualitative and quantitative studies and analyse construct validity, that is, content, convergent and discriminant validities. The results indicate that ethical sensitivity is a better predictor of ethical consumption behaviour when measured by our new scale than by a scenario. Implications are outlined for academics and professionals looking to better understand the relationship between consumer ethics and consumption behaviour.
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Kamarudin, Yanto, Zuraidah Mohd Sanusi, Sharifah Nazatul Faiza Syed Mustapha Nazri, Budi Frensidy, and Yusarina Mat-Isa. "Ethical Decision Making Among Auditors in Indonesia: Examination on State Professional Skepticism and Auditor Independence." Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Journal 17, no. 2 (August 31, 2022): 279–315. http://dx.doi.org/10.24191/apmaj.v17i2-10.
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Auditors’ ethical behavior has become a concern globally with the continued occurrence of financial scandals. As a result, regulators, researchers and other stakeholders are focusing on auditors’ ethical behaviour, auditor independence and professional skepticism. As there are limited studies on the issue, the purpose of this study was is to examine the influence of professional skepticism and independence on the ethical behaviour of Indonesian auditors based on Rest’s model within the context of certain material audit adjustments to be recorded by an audit client. This study was also intended to examine the mediation effect of state professional skepticism on the relationship between auditor’s independence threat and auditors’ ethical decision making. This study adopted the experiment approach by utilizing case scenarios. There were 121 auditors from the Big 10 firm in Indonesia as participants of this study. This study found that despite auditors not recognizing the ethical issues due to independence threat, they still can act ethically. Further, state professional skepticism did not affect ethical decision making of auditors. Keywords: ethical decision making, professional skepticism, auditor independence
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Öztürk, Havva. "Development of an Administrative Ethical Behaviour Scale." Nursing Ethics 19, no. 2 (March 2012): 289–303. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969733011419240.
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The aim of this study was to develop an Administrative Ethical Behaviour Scale (AEBS) and to determine whether nurses found their head nurses’ behaviours ethical and to reveal head nurses’ ethical and unethical administrative behaviour. It was conducted on 264 nurses working in five state hospitals in Trabzon, Turkey. Content validity index of the scale was 0.87, item-to-total correlations ranged from 0.50 to 0.81 and Chronbach Alpha was 0.98. The scale included five subscales, i.e. truthfulness and honesty, liabilities and supremacy of laws, rights and freedom, good human relationships and humanism, justice and equality. Overall, head nurses’ behaviour was considered ethical by nurses; however, their behaviour in terms of justice and equality, good human relationships and humanism was not found ethical. Positions, satisfaction with head nurses’ behaviour and frequency of contact with them affect nurses’ opinions.
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Bhal, Kanika T., and Poonam Sharma. "Managerial Ethical Behaviour: Results of a Comparative Study." Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers 26, no. 4 (October 2001): 51–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0256090920010405.
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Issue connected with business ethic s have recently acquired prominence in the global scenario in general and in the Indian context in particular but there are hardly any studies that delve into the issues of ethical behaviour in Indian organizations. The situational approach in ethics places heavy emphasis on the role of external environment/culture of an organization in ethical behaviour of the individuals. In line with this argument, die present study focuses on ethical behaviour of managers in public and private Vector organizations. Responses of 319 managers reveal that there are some differences in the nature of decisions (ethical or unethical) that the managers make in these two types of organizations. Results are analysed for the design of control systems in these two types of organizations.
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Lőrinczy, Markéta, and Sylvie Formánková. "Business Ethics and CSR in Pharmaceutical Industry in the Czech Republic and Hungary?" Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 63, no. 6 (2015): 2011–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201563062011.
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How do business ethics and CSR form part of pharmaceutical business in the Czech Republic and Hungary? The question was analyzed through empirical studies where surveys were the main tool. The research investigated business ethics, CSR, ethical code, ethical involvement of employees as factors that might be important to achieve ethical behaviour in the pharmaceutical industry. Results showed that, with 69.4% response rate, that Czech and Hungarian original companies are more towards ethical behaviour and the employees know more about the organization they work for. The data were compared with parametric statistical analysis based on Mann-Whitney U calculator.
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Wahyudi, Amin. "The Mediating Role of Ethical Atmosphere in the Influence of Religious Work Ethic on Deviant Behaviour." Jurnal Manajemen dan Kearifan Lokal Indonesia 2, no. 2 (October 31, 2018): 70. http://dx.doi.org/10.26805/jmkli.v2i2.28.
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This study aimed to analyze the influence of religious work ethic on deviant behavior and mediating role of ethical atmosphere. The study design is corelational research. Variables in this research are deviant behavior, religious work ethic and ethical atmosphere as mediating variable. The population in this study were employees of government offices, universities, hospitals, schools in region of Surakarta. The samples this study are 100 people participant with conveniance sampling techniques. The analysis in this research used with path analysis by multiple linear regression. This study are expected to provide benefit in further developing a model that describes the concept of the religious work ethic with deviant behaviors of human resources in an organization. The results show that there is a negative and significant influence religious work ethics and athic atmosphere on deviant behavior, there is a positive and significant influence religious work ethic on ethical atmosphere. The conclution of this study that religious work ethics and ethical atmosphere are very important for development of human resources behavior.
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Abulsaoud Ahmed Younis, Raghda, and Aida Said Moawad Elsaid. "Enhancing the In-Role Behaviour and Organizational Citizenship Behaviours in the Workplace: A Multidimensional View for the Role of Ethical Climate." International Journal of Business and Management 14, no. 12 (November 8, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v14n12p1.
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Non-ethical behavior is considered as one of the main reasons of distress any organization could be exposed to. The existence of un-ethical climates, within an organization, may result in several negative behaviors towards this organization and its members. Although previous studies asserted the role of ethical climate in both organizational and individual levels, limited studies considered the role of ethical climate from the multidimensional view. This is besides examining its impact on both the in-role and volunteer behaviours. Moreover, the inconsistency of the previous research findings recall the need to address these relations in different industries. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of ethical climate from a multi-dimensional view, i.e. testing the five dimensions of ethical climate ( Law and code, Rules, Instrumental, Independence and Caring) in predicting both the in-role behavior and organizational citizenship behaviors (organizational citizenship behaviors towards individuals and towards organizations). Based on the cross-sectional study, a survey data from faculty members were collected and analyzed using structure equation modeling. The findings suggested that ethical climate predicts both behaviors. It, also, revealed that the Independence and Rules dimensions are the most influencing climate dimensions in developing the in-role behavior whereas Caring, rules and Instrumental are positively related to the citizenship behaviors. This study is one of the limited studies that considered the role of ethical climate - from a multidimensional view- in predicting both organizational citizenship behaviors and in-role behavior. In addition, it is one of the earliest studies in the Arab region which tackles such a relationship.
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Ameh, John Oko, and Koleola Tunwase Odusami. "Nigerian Building Professionals’ Ethical Ideology and Perceived Ethical Judgement." Construction Economics and Building 10, no. 3 (October 28, 2010): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ajceb.v10i3.1602.
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In recent years, Nigeria is often cited in the international media in connection with corruption and other unethical practices. The professionals in the Nigerian building industry are not immune from the national trend in ethical erosion. Moral philosophy or ethical ideology has been used to explain individuals’ reasoning about moral issues and consequent behaviour. This study examines building industry professionals’ ethical ideologies with a view to understanding their ethical behaviour in professional practice. In carrying out this investigation, building professionals in clients’ organisations, contracting and consultancy organisations within the industry were asked to respond to the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ) designed by Forsyth in order to determine their idealism and relativism level. Subsequently, they were classified into one of four groups, representing different ethical ideologies. The result indicates that the dominant ethical ideology of building industry professionals is situationism. The study predicts that the attitude of building industry professionals in practice, given the current socio-political and economic situation of Nigeria would possibly be unethical because of the extreme influence situational factors have on their behaviour. This finding is a bold step and necessary benchmark for resolving ethical issues within the industry and should be of interest to policy makers. It is also useful for intra professional ethical comparison.
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Okoye, Lawrence Jekwu, Amos Audu, and Tochukwu M. Oguegbe. "Emotional Intelligence and Self-Efficacy as Determinants of Ethical Work Behaviour of Artisan in Maiduguri, Borno State Nigeria." International Journal of Social Sciences and Management 3, no. 3 (July 28, 2016): 188–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v3i3.15259.
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This study investigated the role of emotional intelligence and self-efficacy on ethical work behavior of artisan in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State Northeast Nigeria. The study adopted behavioural theory of obedience as its main theoretical framework. Expos facto survey design was adopted for the study. Two hundred and eight-two (282) participants were selected accidentally for the study. Results revealed that artisans who reported with high emotional intelligence were significantly different in the level of ethical work behaviour compared to those who reported low level of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence does not significantly predict ethical work behavior of artisan and self-efficacy significantly predict ethical work behavior of artisans. However, it shows that emotional intelligence and self-efficacy jointly predict ethical work behavior of artisan. There was no any significant main and interaction effect of emotional intelligence and self-efficacy on ethical work behaviour among artisans in Maiduguri. Female artisans significantly reported higher scores on ethical work behaviour scale than male artisans. The study however recommended that management of the organization should send their employees (artisans) on sponsored training programme of the organisation which focused on enhancing their ethical work behavior.Int. J. Soc. Sc. Manage. Vol. 3, Issue-3: 188-192
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Grant, Candace T., and Kenneth A. Grant. "Improving Moral Behaviour in the Business Use of ICT." International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education 4, no. 2 (July 2016): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcee.2016070101.
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The 21st century has seen a much-increased focus on the importance of ethical behaviour in business, driven by major scandals, calls for stricter regulation and increased demands for improved governance and reporting. In parallel, there are calls for the incorporation of moral and ethical elements in business education and university accreditation bodies and schools are responding. In particular, the explosion of technology change, particularly Internet, social media and beyond have raised many challenges for individuals, organizations and legislators. However, educational responses are varied and little has been done to determine the effectiveness of what has been done. Most responses to this need to provide ethical education follow a cognitive, rule-based approach, often using case-based techniques. This can improve knowledge and understanding of ethical issues, but it may have limited influence on actual behaviour. A relatively new field – Positive Psychology -- provides an alternate perspective, focusing on what is good rather than what is poor behaviour. One Positive Psychology approach, that of Appreciative Inquiry, which has not previously been used in ICT ethics education, offers a promising technique to develop improved moral attitudes and behaviour. This paper reports on a large-scale pedagogical research project that: (1) examines ethical perspectives from philosophy, psychology and pedagogy in the context of ICT professional education; (2) describes the development and multistage implementation of an ethics course in an undergraduate business ICT program delivered to more than 1,200 students; (3) discusses the formal evaluation of changes in moral attitude following a Positive Psychology intervention in the education of some 300 Business ICT students using the Defining Issues Test, Version 2 (DIT2) and the IMIS Survey developed at the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility. The project results demonstrate that a well-designed applied ICT ethics course produces measureable positive changes in the ethical stances of participants and that the use of Appreciative Inquiry increases the impact of these changes. In addition to the relevance of the findings for educators they can provide guidance to those in organisations responsible for the ethical behaviour of their ICT employees.
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Stare, Janez, and Maja Klun. "An Analysis of the Ethics Infrastructure and Ethical Climate in Slovenian Public Administration." NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy 9, no. 2 (December 1, 2016): 147–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/nispa-2016-0018.
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Abstract In consideration of the fact that public administrations worldwide face a number of challenges, many governments are dedicated to improving the ethical climate in public administrations. The same issue is also the focus of the attention of many transnational associations. The basic goal is to ensure the development of comparable ethical climates, ethical behaviour in different public administrations and to develop comparable, suitable ethics infrastructures to enable this. Modern public administrations must bring ethical conduct to the fore and resist unethical behaviour. There are different ideas on how to build ethics infrastructures in public administrations, and examples of good practice that could facilitate the development of such infrastructures are found in the public and private sectors of different countries. In this paper, we connect ethics infrastructures and ethical climates. The evaluation of Slovenia’s ethics infrastructures is based on the framework prepared by the OECD, using its questionnaire developed by Victor and Cullen. The results show that there is no general relationship between ethics infrastructures and ethical climates in public administrations. Nevertheless, some determinants of ethics infrastructures correlate to a high degree to the ethical climate, the strongest impact on ethics climates being the ethical infrastructure’s determinant “public involvement and scrutiny”.
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Lloyd, Hendrik, Michelle Mey, and Koman Ramalingum. "Ethical business practices in the Eastern Cape automotive industry." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 17, no. 5 (November 28, 2014): 569–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v17i5.638.
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High profile scandals have brought about a renewed interest in business ethics and, in particular, inunderstanding the factors that promote ethical behaviour. Business ethics is about identifying andimplementing values, rules and standards of conduct for guiding morally right behaviour in an organisation’sinteraction with its stakeholders. Against this background a quantitative analysis of the ethical practices of46 companies operating in the Eastern Cape automotive industry was conducted to determine the extent towhich ethics-related interventions contributed to establishing and maintaining an ethical organisationalenvironment. A structured online questionnaire was used to collect the data. The data collected wassubjected to extensive statistical analyses, including Cronbach Alpha coefficients and item total correlations,and various descriptive statistics were included as a quantitative summary of the data. A constant referencevalue for the study was also calculated to allow inferences regarding the significance of the tested variablesto the study. The results revealed that the organisations in the sample are highly ethical due to the presenceof ethics-related interventions, including a code of ethics, committed leadership, adherence to internal andexternal governance requirements, compliance with legislation and encouragement and disclosure ofunethical behaviour. In light of the high number of ethical scandals internationally, this study will add to theempirical body of business ethics research, as it provides organisations with a framework to establish andmaintain an ethical business environment.
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Apsalone, Madara. "Managing workplace diversity: Ethical reasoning in a socio-cultural context." New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences 4, no. 10 (January 12, 2018): 43–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i10.3061.
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Workplaces are becoming increasingly diverse, and businesses constantly face the challenge of ensuring work ethics to strengthen competitiveness. Workplace ethics is affected not just by potential gains and losses of unethical action but also by employee morale, values and self-concept. The ethical reasoning process depends on both perception of what is ethical and the ability to justify unethical action in a given situation. In this study, we explore the role of individual, organisational and situational factors influencing the perceived degree of unethical behaviour at work. Individual socio-cultural factors include personal values, such as honesty, and socio-demographic factors, such as age, gender, education and tenure. Organisational factors are assessed through espoused values of honesty and responsibility. Finally, three situational factors are randomly introduced – low wage, boredom and perceived injustice. Two hundred and eight retail employees were surveyed to assess their personal values and the perceived degree of unethical behaviour at work. We found that honesty as a personal value changes ethical reasoning, especially when situational factors, such as low wage are introduced. Moreover, older employees tend to report more ethical behaviour in the workforce. We also concluded that declaring honesty and responsibility as organisational values could have a minor positive impact on ethical behaviour mitigating the impact of the introduced situational factors. Keywords: Socio-cultural factors, values, workplace diversity, business ethics, ethical reasoning
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Chaminda, J. W. Dushan, and Nilanthi Ratnayake. "Broadening the Scope of Ethical Consumer Behaviour." International Journal of Asian Business and Information Management 4, no. 3 (July 2013): 38–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jabim.2013070104.
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Consumption is an essential everyday process. By very nature, it is a means of expressing our moral identities and an outlet for ethical obligations. In more recent years, ethical aspects of consumption have come under greater scrutiny with the emergence of ethical consumption discourses, and are currently associated with a range of consumer behaviours and responsible business practices. To this end, religion is an undeniably powerful and concurrently the most successful marketing force that can shape the ethical behaviour, yet under-investigated in consumption practices despite Corporate Socially Responsibility provoked ethical behaviour. Ethical consumption practices are regularly characterised as consumption activities that avoid harm to other people, animals or the environment where basic Buddhist teachings become more pertinent and practiced in Buddhist communities. This study conceptualises the importance of religious beliefs in ethical consumer behaviour and through researcher introspection methodology, the study empirically explore whether and how ethical consumerism is reflected through Five Precepts of Buddhism [i.e. (1) abstain from taking life, (2) abstain from stealing, (3) abstain from sexual misconduct, (4) abstain from false speech, and (5) abstain from intoxicants that cloud the mind]. The study contributes to the theory and teaching in the marketing discipline by linking how religious beliefs enhance ethical consumerism that remains largely unexplored.
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Wiid, Johannes Arnoldus, Michael Colin Cant, and Nadine van Rooyen. "The ethical conundrum of entrepreneurs: is there a difference between personal and business values?" Corporate Ownership and Control 11, no. 1 (2013): 360–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv11i1c3art7.
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It is a known fact that the role of small businesses in the world economy is becoming more and more important – and especially now that the worldwide recession has been going on for more than five years. During this period many large corporations have been found striving for ethical behaviour and moral values, resulting in a backlash from various stakeholders. Unfortunately, the example set by large corporations and their perceptions, or even justifications, of correct or acceptable “twisted” ethical behaviour always rubs off on small businesses. The main purpose of this study was to determine whether moral behaviour will have an effect on the concern for ethical misconduct among South African entrepreneurs. Ethics and morality are two terms that are very closely related and often used interchangeably in the South African context. While ethics refers to the rules and conduct that are prescribed by society, morality is the internally accepted standards of individual behaviour in a society. Therefore, business ethics are the principles that are prescribed by businesses and accepted within a business environment. The study shown that various constructs, regarding behavioural aspects, can be grouped to indicate the theme of moral behaviour. The study convincingly showed that there does, in fact, exist a medium to strong relationship correlation between concern for ethical misconduct and moral behaviour among South African entrepreneurs. The results also indicate that gender, age and race do not have an effect on South African entrepreneurs’ view of concern for ethical misconduct or moral behaviour.
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Puneeta Goel. "Do Ethics Pay: A Study of Indian Companies." Think India 20, no. 1 (February 15, 2017): 22–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.26643/think-india.v20i1.7776.
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Ethical corporate identity has become an important aspect of the global nature of the business. Ethical business behaviour is a way to a better world and may ultimately improve profits. This study establishes a link between different dimensions of ethical corporate identity and financial performance of the company in Indian context. Corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability reporting are taken as indicators of business ethics. It was found that ethics and financial performance are significantly and positively correlated, however, only sustainability reporting has a significant impact on marketing ratios of Tobin Q, price to book value, accounting ratios of return on sales, return on capital employed, and return on equity for selected Indian companies. Corporate ethics policy should sensitise moral and ethical behaviour of business leaders.
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Cronshaw, Darren. "Good Soldiering and Re-Virtuing Military Ethics Training." International Journal of Public Theology 16, no. 3 (October 18, 2022): 337–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15697320-20220056.
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Abstract With warfare’s increasing complexity and damage from ethical failures, it is critical for defence forces to develop best practice training in military ethics. As the Australian Army’s Good Soldiering program suggests, soldiers require technical but also ethical competence. But how are ethical behaviours and the virtues they depend on cultivated in soldiers and how can chaplains contribute as public theologians? Military ethics education includes teaching just war principles of Laws of Armed Conflict, as well as understanding illegal orders and command responsibility. But ultimately ethical behaviour, following Aristotle, is grounded in character development and best informed by a revival of virtue ethics. Case studies are a training format which cultivate virtues and their application. Military ethics training at its best is virtue-based and practiced with simulated dilemmas in order to equip soldiers to act justly and exercise ‘good soldiering’ in the home, barracks, field and operations.
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Shaw, David. "Aristotle and the Management Consultants: Shooting for Ethical Practice." Philosophy of Management 19, no. 1 (December 11, 2019): 21–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40926-019-00125-w.
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AbstractThe academic literature on management consulting raises many questions about the ethics of management consulting. The uncertain, emergent, and often socially constructed nature of management consultancy knowledge limits the scope both for regulating the industry in the manner of the established professions, and for evaluating management consultants’ work objectively. The character of management consultants is therefore a central issue in how far clients and other stakeholders can trust them. This paper considers three questions, using Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics as a guide. These are, first, ‘What is the function of a management consultant?’, second, ‘How should a management consultant act in order to be a good management consultant?’, and third, ‘Where does the boundary lie between the ethical responsibilities of the management consultant and those of the client and other stakeholders?’ Aristotelian virtue ethics are valuable in answering these questions. Their focus on character is well suited to the distinct ethical problems of management consulting. Aristotle’s overarching concern with human flourishing, and an ethically balanced approach towards benefiting from the good things to which a virtuous person may aspire, has more promise as an influence on consultants’ behaviour than the lists of prohibitions that typify codes of ethical practice in the industry. Aristotle’s call for leaders to habituate their people to ethical behaviour should be heard by the leaders of management consultancy firms. In accordance with Aristotle’s philosophy, this paper proposes a positive target at which management consultants can aim in shooting for ethical practice.
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Dvoráková, Zuzana. "ENCOURAGING ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION BY HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT." Journal of Business Economics and Management 6, no. 3 (September 30, 2005): 171–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/16111699.2005.9636105.
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The public administration reform in the Czech Republic set off with a reform of the territorial public administration at the end of the 90s. The reform established a joint public administration model in the territories, power decentralization, and de‐concentration of operative functions from ministries to regions and municipalities. The reform outcomes largely depend on the quality of human resources in public administration, their ethical values, and status in the society. The public sector always needs to solve a traditional ethics dilemma whether public officials serve citizen or politician purposes. The paper is aimed at ethical values in the Czech public administration, ethics dilemmas in the public sector, and human resource management in territorial self‐governments supporting ethical behaviour. An abnormal situation comes into being in the Czech Republic as public officials incline to serving neither citizens nor politicians. Some municipal authorities strive to improve public administration ethics by designing and implementing new HR practices, codes of ethics and anticorruption programmes.
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Makamani, Rewai, and Tawanda Zimanyi. "Factors Influencing the Ethical Conduct of Public Relations Practitioners in Commercial Banks in Namibia." African Journal of Inter/Multidisciplinary Studies 2, no. 1 (January 31, 2020): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v2i1.824.
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This study examines factors that influence the ethical conduct of practising Public Relations (PR) practitioners in commercial banks of Namibia. Such factors relate to the ethical behaviour of Public Relations professionals working in commercial banks. The factors include the presence of binding codes of ethics and conduct, individual moral compasses, pressure from top management, a sense of duty towards humanity, and knowledge of ethics and professionalism. This analysis reveals that PR practitioners face ethical challenges and dilemmas from the banks’ dominant coalitions, ambiguous codes of ethics, speedy communication to the public necessitated by the news media, and the clash between the core values that inform the duty of PR professionals and those that prop up organisational culture. Ultimately, the challenges and dilemmas they confront in their work determines the way they conduct themselves ethically. The study conceives that PR practitioners are torn between upholding PR values that inform their duty and standing up for organisational values as advocated for by the dominant coalition. Ironically, PR practitioners are regarded as the ethical conscience of the commercial banks who, as per recommendations of the study, are expected to practise ethically and live up to their mandate of being custodians of ethical communication.
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Makamani, Rewai, and Tawanda Zimanyi. "Factors Influencing the Ethical Conduct of Public Relations Practitioners in Commercial Banks in Namibia." African Journal of Inter/Multidisciplinary Studies 2, no. 1 (January 31, 2020): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.51415/ajims.v2i1.824.
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This study examines factors that influence the ethical conduct of practising Public Relations (PR) practitioners in commercial banks of Namibia. Such factors relate to the ethical behaviour of Public Relations professionals working in commercial banks. The factors include the presence of binding codes of ethics and conduct, individual moral compasses, pressure from top management, a sense of duty towards humanity, and knowledge of ethics and professionalism. This analysis reveals that PR practitioners face ethical challenges and dilemmas from the banks’ dominant coalitions, ambiguous codes of ethics, speedy communication to the public necessitated by the news media, and the clash between the core values that inform the duty of PR professionals and those that prop up organisational culture. Ultimately, the challenges and dilemmas they confront in their work determines the way they conduct themselves ethically. The study conceives that PR practitioners are torn between upholding PR values that inform their duty and standing up for organisational values as advocated for by the dominant coalition. Ironically, PR practitioners are regarded as the ethical conscience of the commercial banks who, as per recommendations of the study, are expected to practise ethically and live up to their mandate of being custodians of ethical communication.
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Franey, John. "Ethical mindfulness and professional development in local education authority psychology services." Educational and Child Psychology 19, no. 1 (2002): 46–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.53841/bpsecp.2002.19.1.46.
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AbstractThis article takes as its focus the place of ethics within the profession of educational psychology. It argues that ethics within educational psychology is very much an embryonic field of inquiry, even though in their distinctive ways, ethics and educational psychology have much in common as critiques of human behaviour. Generic “at risk” situations which may lead to ethical complications are identified – unforeseen dilemmas, inadequate anticipation, unavoidable dilemmas, unclear dilemmas, inadequate sources of guidance and loyalty clashes. Drawing upon the literature and professional experiences it is then suggested that there are common ethically troubling issues and situations which educational psychologists have to confront – confidentiality, questionable interventions, competence, testing and assessment, resource allocation, collusive practice, conduct of colleagues and provision. Ways and means to promote greater ethical mindfulness among individual educational psychologists (EPs) and within local education authority (LEA) psychology services are suggested. These include planned continuing professional development (CPD) which takes as its foci the importance of ethical insight, ethical principles and ethical decision-making. It is also proposed that psychology services consider a range of organisational arrangements to heighten ethical mindfulness – the formal adoption of professional codes of conduct, ethics education during induction, the establishment of an ethics committee, a charter of users’ rights, the use of an ethical ombudsman and mentors, and the establishment of ethical case conferences along with the elevation of professional supervision to increase the opportunities for conscious consideration of ethical issues.
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Safdar, Umar, Afsar Bilal, and Adeel Tariq. "Ethical Leadership and Innovate Behaviour." Academy of Management Proceedings 2018, no. 1 (August 2018): 13904. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2018.13904abstract.
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Boadway, Robin, Nicolas Marceau, and Steeve Mongrain. "Redistributive Taxation under Ethical Behaviour." Scandinavian Journal of Economics 109, no. 3 (September 2007): 505–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9442.2007.00503.x.
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Bernstein, Adam. "Boosting business with ethical behaviour." Journal of Aesthetic Nursing 9, no. 1 (February 2, 2020): 48–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/joan.2020.9.1.48.
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Bernstein, Adam. "Boosting business with ethical behaviour." Journal of Aesthetic Nursing 9, no. 10 (December 2, 2020): 462–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/joan.2020.9.10.462.
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