Management plays an important role in setting the ethical tone in organizations. To support this aim, managers must use incentive and goal programs in ethical ways. This study examines experimentally the potential ethical costs associated with incentive-driven and goal-induced employee behavior...

Many formerly communist European countries have experienced dramatic economic change, ultimately affecting the manner in which companies in these areas are owned and managed. Many of these regions "have undertaken a transformation from a communist economic system to a capitalistic market...

Corporate culture strengthened by ethical values and other positive business practices likely yields more favorable employee work responses. Thus, the purpose of this study was to assess the degree to which perceived corporate ethical values work in concert with group creativity to influence...

This study explored several proposed relationships among professional ethical standards, corporate social responsibility, and the perceived role of ethics and social responsibility. Data were collected from 313 business managers registered with a large professional research association with a...

Companies often develop codes prescribing an ethical organizational environment. However, the ability of ethics codes to increase individuals’ tolerance of diversity is not fully considered in the ethics literature. This relationship was explored using a sample of 143 business and legal...