Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare similarities and differences in perceived quality of business relationships in Norway and Sweden. Design/methodology/approach – The Norwegian and Swedish sampling frames consisted of 600 small‐ and medium‐sized firms in each country. A...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test the validity and reliability of a META‐RELQUAL construct in Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish business relationships. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 1,500 companies were involved. The Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish sampling frames each...

This article summarizes and aggregates the results of a study conducted of the largest 100 public sector organizations derived from three categories in Sweden. These categories of organizations comprise 40 entities of government, 40 municipalities, and 20 county councils. The objective was to...

Purpose – The purpose of the study is to examine and describe the use of codes of ethics in the top 100 companies operating in the Swedish corporate sector. This paper reports on the responses of those companies that possessed a code of ethics. Design/methodology/approach – A three‐stage...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the measures put in place by the largest public sector organizations in Sweden in order to communicate the ethos of their codes of ethics to their employees. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based upon a longitudinal survey...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to describe and compare similarities as well as differences in the organizational engagement with ethics between private sector companies and public sector entities. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was conducted in order to examine the...