Comparing business ethics in Russia and the US

The Relationship Between Individuals’ Recognition of Human Rights and Responses to Socially Responsible Companies: Evidence from Russia and Bulgaria

“…Thus, they may have higher expectations that their potential employer would adopt ethical standards in the treatment of people. This claim is partially supported by the findings of Beekun et al (2003) who found that the incorporation of high ethical standards is an attribute of fundamental importance for Russians at work. The latter conclusion remains highly speculative in character and requires a more nuanced analysis.…”

“…Each item is measured on a 9-point Likert type scale (1 = Completely Disagree to 9 = Completely Agree). The scale has been widely applied in crossnational studies of business ethics (Axinn et al, 2004;Beekun et al, 2003). According to Forsyth (1980), the Cronbach alpha reliability for idealism was 0.80 for idealism and 0.73 for relativism, indicating that the scale is reliable.…”

Stakeholder Perceptions of Offshoring and Outsourcing: The Role of Embedded Issues

“…To test Hypothesis 1, comparing evaluations of respondents as investors versus consumers, we first conducted paired t-tests for each vignette and then a doubly multivariate repeated-measures MANOVA (Beekun et al, 2003;Tabachnick and Fidell, 1996). This analytical approach is consistent with other studies (Davis et al, 1998;Konig and Kleinmann, 2007;Spake et al, 2007).…”

Leading and Following (Un)ethically in Limen

“…In multinational organizations, for instance, expatriated leaders may conceive of themselves as bearers of a deep cultural heritage (Knight, 1939) but it is one that has to be knowledgeable and receptive toward an equally enforcing, pervasive, and distinct host-country culture (Tung, 1998). Several authors refer to such a possibility when discussing the ''cultural separation'' experienced by expatriates in Russia: what is tolerable from the local workers' ethical point of view may be considered intolerable by the expatriate managers (Beekun et al, 2004;Camiah and Hollinshead, 2003;Puffer and McCarthy, 1995). This led Camiah and Hollinshead (2003) to propose that both Russians and expatriates must learn and unlearn several issues (i.e., develop a liminal space) to establish a ''new cross-cultural order'' (p. 258).…”