How to effectively communicate your code of ethics: An empirical study using a cluster randomized control trial experiment

Gómez-Alatorre, Eugenio; Cuñado, Juncal; Ferrero, Ignacio

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“…Examining the inherent characteristics of these justifications may therefore provide insight into the linguistic patterns employed by organisations to filter perceptions, interpret conflicts, and formulate responses (Ferraro et al, 2005). Consequently, management research has become increasingly interested in understanding how explanations of wrongdoing are routinely devised and disseminated by organisations to avoid or at the very least mitigate the ramifications of such a reputation-threatening crisis (Piazza & Jourdan, 2018;Solas, 2019;Gómez-Alatorre et al, 2022;Ouriemmi, 2023). Research in this area to date has focussed largely on such organisational responses to reputational threats (Adim & Ekpa, 2020;Boakye et al, 2023;Egbon & Mgbame, 2020;Zavyalova et al, 2012) explicating the devices, strategies, and processes deployed to manage reputations.…”

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In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption

Torbor,

Sarpong,

Ofosu

et al. 2024

J Bus Ethics

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Drawing on the pragmatic turn in contemporary social theory, we explore how corporate elites accused of corruption in the context of weak institutions engage in their justification works. Empirically, we focus on three high-profile corruption scandals that shook Ghana between 2010 and 2020 and inspired widespread public condemnation. Publicly accessible archival documents, such as court reporting, newspaper stories, press conferences, and the digital footprints of corporate elites implicated in the scandals provide data for our inquiry. Focussing on the juxtaposition of ‘sayings’ and ‘doings’, the findings show justification as performative, and rooted in contextual pragmatism that acknowledges the plurality of logics situated between self-interest and folk-logic. Within this framework, the domestic and civic orders of worth emerge as most prominent, with the justification processes manifesting through victimising, scapegoating, and crusading. Building on these insights, we develop a framework that highlights how the use of justifications serves as a critique of the inadequacies within climates of weak institutional frameworks consequently fostering an atmosphere conducive to framing unethical conducts as morally acceptable.

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In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption

Torbor,

Sarpong,

Ofosu

et al. 2024

J Bus Ethics

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The Need of Producing of Professional Code of Ethics for Guides in Lithuania

Statkuvienė

2024

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Research problem: Ethical issues is not a much studied topic in the field of guides' professional activity. Lithuanian guides do not have an established Professional Code of Ethics for Guides. The topic of Guide Ethics depends on the personal responsibility of a guide. What ethical principles and values should guide the Guide in professional activities? How can guides agree on unified ethical requirements for professional activity? Research object: the Need of Producing of Professional Code of Ethics for Guides in Lithuania. Research aim: to analyse the Need of Producing of Professional Code of Ethics for Guides in Lithuania. Research methods: analysis of scientific literature and documents, qualitative research – interviews, quantitative research – survey, systematization of databases. Conclusions. It is important to have a Code of Ethics for every organisation striving for effective communication. In addition to other knowledge, a Guide must know professional ethics, represent the country professionally and responsibly. The results of quantitative and qualitative research substantiate the Need of Producing for a Professional Code of Ethics for Guides in Lithuania. The quality of services provided by the tour guide, impeccable preparation and conduct of the tour, the visual image of the tour leader, and cultural behaviour are important for those who book tours. Most of the guides who took part in the study are in favour of Producing the Professional Code of Ethics for Guides in Lithuania. Based on the results of the conducted research, the main ethical principles of the guide's professional activity were highlighted. It is recommended to organize trainings for guides on the topic of professional ethics, to prepare a draft of Professional Code of Ethics for Guides and to present the draft of the Professional Code of Ethics for Guides to Lithuanian guides; to initiate Producing and Implementation of the Professional Code of Ethics for Guides in Lithuanian guide associations.

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How to effectively communicate your code of ethics: An empirical study using a cluster randomized control trial experiment

Cited by 2 publications

References 74 publications

In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption

In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption

The Need of Producing of Professional Code of Ethics for Guides in Lithuania

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