Ethical Codes of Conduct and Organizational Context: A Study of the Relationship Between Codes of Conduct, Employee Behavior and Organizational Values

By Mark John Somers. 2001

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Developing a Measure of Unethical Behavior in the Workplace: A Stakeholder Perspective (2008, background): “…and by implication, the effectiveness of business codes has been the subject of much criticism (Cowton & Thompson, 2000; Sims & Brinkmann, 2003; Somers, 2001), there is much agreement that business codes generally cover the most important and relevant ethical norms that are applicable to…”
Right from Wrong: The Influence of Spirituality on Perceptions of Unethical Business Activities (2003, background): “, 1999), situational behavioral factors (Somers, 2001; Wyld and Jones, 1997), and how to change things for the better (Trevino, 1986; Cassell et al.”
Investigating the Effects of Moral Disengagement and Participation on Unethical Work Behavior (2011, background): “... difference factors such as cognitive moral development (e.g., CMD; Kohlberg 1969; Trevino and Youngblood 1990; Trevino and Weaver 2003), ethical predispositions (e.g., Reynolds 2006), demographics (e.g., Lund 2000), and values and beliefs (e.g., Tang and Chiu 2003); as well as contextual factors”
Organizational ethical climate, perceived organizational support, and employee silence: A cross-level investigation (2013, background): “Consequently, employees feel hesitant to speak up about work-related problems lest it brings harm to their colleagues or organization (Khatri et al., 2009; Somers, 2001; Westmarland, 2005).”
Bad apples, bad cases, and bad barrels: meta-analytic evidence about sources of unethical decisions at work. (2010, background): “The received wisdom would argue for a code’s ability to reduce unethical behavior by heightening issue salience and clarifying appropriate and inappropriate behaviors (Somers, 2001; Treviño & Brown, 2004).”
Ethics Code Awareness, Perceived Ethical Values, and Organizational Commitment (2003, neutral): “Although the relationship between ethics code awareness and organizational commitment has received little empirical attention, one study of accountants did find that organizational commitment was higher among employees in firms with ethics codes than in firms without codes (Somers 2001).”
Sustainable Behavior in the Business Sphere (2014, methodology): “…corporate sustainability are formal company structures, such as sustainability reports (Morhardt, 2009), codes of conduct (Kaptein & Schwartz, 2008; Somers, 2001; Stevens, Steensma, Harrison, & Cochran, 2005), environmental management systems (Sharfman, Shaft, & Tihanyi, 2004), and incentive…”
Suppliers’ Compliance with MNCs’ Codes of Conduct: Behind the Scenes at Chinese Toy Suppliers (2007, background): “…codes, i.e. the effectiveness of codes, has mainly been conducted in US and European settings and in the context of firms’ ‘own’ codes, compared to, for example, suppliers implementing a buying firm’ s code (e.g. Cassell et al., 1997; Cowton and Thompson, 2000; Somers, 2001; Healy and Iles, 2002).”
The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being and Ethical Orientations in Decision Making: An Empirical Study with Business Executives in Australia (2010, background): “However, research has demonstrated that ethical codes alone cannot reduce unethical behavior (Somers, 2001) and that leadership does not always enhance ethical behavior (Victor and Cullen, 1988).”
The Effectiveness of Business Codes: A Critical Examination of Existing Studies and the Development of an Integrated Research Model (2007, background): “Regarding business codes, many scholars use the adjective “ethics” (e.g., Somers, 2001).”