The Effectiveness of Business Codes: A Critical Examination of Existing Studies and the Development of an Integrated Research Model

By M. Kaptein, M. Schwartz. 2007

492 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Business codes are a widely used management instrument. Research into the effectiveness of business codes has, however, produced conflicting results. The main reasons for the divergent findings are: varying definitions of key terms; deficiencies in the empirical data and methodologies used; and a lack of theory. In this paper, we propose an integrated research model and suggest directions for future research.

Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Management Information Systems, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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In Information Systems and Management

1. J. McKinney
2. Jill A. Brown
3. Tisha L. N. Emerson
4. M. Neubert
5. M. Kaptein
6. Lutz Preuss
7. M. Huhtala
8. T. Feldt

In Management Information Systems

1. V. Soundararajan
2. Jill A. Brown
3. M. Neubert
4. M. Kaptein

In Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

1. J. McKinney
2. V. Soundararajan
3. Jill A. Brown
4. Tisha L. N. Emerson
5. M. Neubert
6. M. Kaptein
7. T. Feldt
8. S. Mauno

Citations in the corpus

• Voluntary Governance Mechanisms in Global Supply Chains: Beyond CSR to a Stakeholder Utility Perspective (2016, background): “…including indicating ethical parameters (Stevens, 2008), defining the responsibilities of the organization and the expected conduct of employees (Kaptein and Schwartz, 2008), and acting as instruments to enhance the social responsibility of the organization (Adam and Rachman-Moore, 2004).”
• Sustainable Behavior in the Business Sphere (2014, unknown): “More specifically, it helps clarify why the formal corporate constituencies discussed in the literature such as corporate codes of conduct, incentive systems, or the existence of waste segregation systems often do not induce behavioral changes (Kaptein & Schwartz, 2008; Yin & Schmeidler, 2009).”
• Understanding unethical behavior by unraveling ethical culture (2011, background): “Effectiveness is determined by the manner in which it is developed, implemented, and embedded – as well as by the content and quality of each component (see Kaptein and Schwartz, 2008).”
• The Effects of Ethical Codes on Ethical Perceptions of Actions Toward Stakeholders (2010, background): “One summary of the research investigating the impact of codes indicates that 51% of the studies support the effectiveness of codes in positively shaping behavior, 33% of the studies yield insignificant results, in 14% of the studies the results are mixed, and one study finds that a code has a negati”