Journal article
When Organizations Don't Walk Their Talk: A Cross-Level Examination of How Decoupling Formal Ethics Programs Affects Organizational Members
Journal of business ethics, v 128(2), pp 351-368
01 May 2015
Abstract
This research illustrates dangers inherent in the gap created when organizations decouple ethics program adoption from implementation. Using a sample of 182 professionals in the pharmaceutical and financial services industries, we examine the relationship between structural decoupling of formal ethics programs and individual-level perceptions and behavior. Findings strongly support the hypothesized relationships between decoupling and organizational members' legitimacy perceptions of the ethics program, psychological contract breach, organizational cynicism, and unethical behavior.
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- Title
- When Organizations Don't Walk Their Talk: A Cross-Level Examination of How Decoupling Formal Ethics Programs Affects Organizational Members
- Creators
- Tammy MacLean - Suffolk UniversityBarrie E. Litzky - Pennsylvania State UniversityD. Kip Holderness - West Virginia University
- Publication Details
- Journal of business ethics, v 128(2), pp 351-368
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 18
- Grant note
- Consortium for Sustainable Business Development at Penn State Great Valley
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000352712400009
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84894277276
- Other Identifier
- 991021884113304721
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- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Business
- Ethics