Creating an ethical organizational environment: The relationship between ethical leadership, ethical organizational climate, and unethical behavior

By Maribeth Kuenzi, David M. Mayer, Rebecca L. Greenbaum. Personnel Psychology, 2020

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Correspondence MaribethKuenzi,Management andOrganizationsDepartment, SouthernMethodistUniversity, 6210BishopBoulevard,Dallas, TX75275. Email:mkuenzi@cox.smu.edu Abstract The purpose of this research is to provide a richer lens on the ethical organizational environment by examining the relationship between ethical leadership and unit-level unethical behavior through ethical organizational climate (EOC), with collective moral identity as a boundary condition. In testing our theoretical model, we first develop and validate a measure of EOC to address concerns with existing measures of ethical climate. Second, we examine the role of collective moral identity as a moderator of the relationship between EOC and unit unethical behavior. We discuss implications regarding the importance of developing a more comprehensive conceptualization of EOC.

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

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Unit-Level Counterproductive Work Behavior (CWB): A Conceptual Review and Quantitative Summary (2020, background): “We expect that future examinations of collective-level traits, such as conscientiousness (Hofmann & Jones, 2005), integrity, or moral identity (Kuenzi et al., 2020), will provide additional insights into the factors that are associated”
Ethical Leadership and Employee Green Behavior: A Multilevel Moderated Mediation Analysis (2020, background): “Thus, ethical leaders’ concern for employees, organizations, and society can create moral commitment in employees to strive for ethical values [24], for instance, peace, ecology, and social justice as well as for them to display environmental behaviors, such as recycling, the conservation of resourc”