Ethics in Practice: What Are Managers Really Doing?

Velthouse, Betty; Kandoğan, Yener

doi:10.1007/s10551-006-9102-9

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“…Ibrahim, Angelidis, and Tomic (2009) show that gender has a significant effect on the attitudes of managers toward business ethics. Furthermore, women have been shown to be quicker to notice ethical concerns (Erhardt et al, 2003;Velthouse & Kandogan, 2007).Once concerns are noticed and brought to the attention of the board, male directors might be more easily convinced of the importance of the fraud. Female executives have been shown to be more sensitive to ethical issues than male executives (Bruns & Merchant, 1990;Cohen et al, 1998;Sundén & Surette, 1998) we may, therefore, expect that boards with a higher proportion of women are be less likely to commit fraud.…”

Section: Gender and Ethicalitymentioning

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Gender Diversity and Securities Fraud

Cumming

Leung

Rui

2015

AMJ

596

336

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We formulate theory on the effect of board of director gender diversity on the broad spectrum of securities fraud and generate three main insights. First, based on ethicality, risk aversion, and diversity, we hypothesize that gender diversity on boards can operate as a significant moderator for the frequency of fraud. Second, we hypothesize that the stock market response to fraud from a more gender-diverse board is significantly less pronounced. Third, we hypothesize that women are more effective in maledominated industries in reducing both the frequency and severity of fraud. Our first-ever empirical tests, based on data from a large sample of Chinese firms that committed securities fraud, are largely consistent with each of these hypotheses. ABSTRACTWe formulate theory on the effect of board of director gender diversity on the broad spectrum of securities fraud and generate three main insights. First, based on ethicality, risk aversion, and diversity, we hypothesize that gender diversity on boards can operate as a significant moderator for the frequency of fraud. Second, we hypothesize that the stock market response to fraud from a more gender-diverse board is significantly less pronounced. Third, we hypothesize that women are more effective in male-dominated industries in reducing both the frequency and severity of fraud.Our first-ever empirical tests, based on data from a large sample of Chinese firms that committed securities fraud, are largely consistent with each of these hypotheses.

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Section: Gender and Ethicalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Diversity and Securities Fraud

Cumming

Leung

Rui

2015

AMJ

596

336

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“…Social ties among executives and their counterparts at governmental agencies provide firms non-market alternatives to achieving desired outcomes for the firm (Agnew, 1995;Messner, 1988). As the number of personal relationships used to benefit a given firm increases, the corresponding risks of malfeasance and conflict of interest also likely grow (Buchan, 2005;Velthouse and Kandogan, 2007). Firms whose executives hold the largest number of ties to government are more likely to be presented the most opportunities to engage in unethical behavior (i.e., corrupt transactions) (Brass et al, 1998;Rockness and Rockness, 2005).…”

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Why Firms Engage in Corruption: A Top Management Perspective

2008

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“…Recent business scandals have highlighted the harm that can come to employees, shareholders, and communities when business leaders behave unethically (Velthouse and Kandogan, 2007). While few suggest that business schools are intentionally training students to behave unethically, many have questioned whether business schools are doing enough to train students to behave ethically (Premeaux, 2005).…”

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The Influence of Ethics Instruction, Religiosity, and Intelligence on Cheating Behavior

2007

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This study examines the influence of ethics instruction, religiosity, and intelligence on cheating behavior. A sample of 230 upper level, undergraduate business students had the opportunity to increase their chances of winning money in an experimental situation by falsely reporting their task performance. In general, the results indicate that students who attended worship services more frequently were less likely to cheat than those who attended worship services less frequently, but that students who had taken a course in business ethics were no less likely to cheat than students who had not taken such a course. However, the results do indicate that the extent to which taking a business ethics course influenced cheating behavior was moderated by the religiosity and intelligence of the individual student. In particular, while students who were highly religious were unlikely to cheat whether or not they had taken a business ethics course, students who were not highly religious demonstrated less cheating if they had taken a business ethics course. In addition, the extent of cheating among highly intelligent students was significantly reduced if such students had taken a course in business ethics. Likewise, individuals who were highly intelligent displayed significantly less cheating if they were also highly religious. The implications of these findings are discussed.

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Ethics in Practice: What Are Managers Really Doing?

Abstract: Ethical categories, managers’ perception of ethics, ranking of managerial skill sets,

Cited by 44 publications

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Gender Diversity and Securities Fraud

Gender Diversity and Securities Fraud

Why Firms Engage in Corruption: A Top Management Perspective

The Influence of Ethics Instruction, Religiosity, and Intelligence on Cheating Behavior

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