Ethical Duties of Organizational Citizens: Obligations Owed by Highly Committed Employees

Exploring Employee Engagement with (Corporate) Social Responsibility: A Social Exchange Perspective on Organisational Participation

“…Some employees recognised engagement with organisational CSR as being personally advantageous and beneficial, serving to increase their willingness to act as organisational citizens (Caldwell et al, 2012;Deckop et al, 2003). Such employees, who recognise the benefits to themselves and to others, and the economic reward to the business in terms of its reputation in the community, are consistent with Hemingway's (2005) Active CSEs.…”

“…Within the ethics literature, previous CSR research regarding employees has used a variety of research approaches ranging from conceptual, literature based reviews (for instance Caldwell et al, 2012;Yuan et al, 2011), third party surveys (for instance Collier and Esteban, 2007) and empirical studies (for instance Miles et al, 2006;Turker, 2008). Of direct relevance to this study are those small number of studies, often small scale, that have employed qualitative methods mainly involving case studies supported by interviews (see for example Duarte, 2010;Rodrigo and Arenas, 2008).…”

“…Hemingway (2005) Caldwell et al, 2012). Frustrated CSEs, whilst socially motivated, lack the organisational culture to fulfil his or her social role.…”

The Relationship Between Informal Controls, Ethical Work Climates, and Organizational Performance

“…In contrast to formal controls, a reliance on informal control mechanisms The Relationship Between Informal Controls, Ethical Work Climates, and Organizational… might furthermore facilitate employees' intrinsic motivation and the emergence of stewardship behaviors as they typically provide increased levels of empowerment, autonomy, and social relatedness (Hernandez 2008;Merchant et al 2003;Davis et al 1997). As a consequence, employees are expected to suppress purely self-interested motives and to exhibit an increased propensity to recognize ethical issues that may counteract organizational objectives as well as generally accepted norms and values (Caldwell et al 2012;Sánchez-Expósito and Naranjo-Gil 2012;Caldwell and Karri 2005;Osterloh and Frey 2004;Treviño and Weaver 2001).…”

Decency in Resource Allocation versus Duty to Care

“…But the supervisor has/her own duty, obligation and liability to be fair towards organization and make subordinates to perform the tasks assigned to them. Likewise, "Any individual being an employee has promised to remain fair and unbiased towards the organization" [5].…”