Linking Management Behavior to Ethical Philosophy—An Empirical Investigation

Fritzsche, David J.; Becker, Helmut

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“…Empirical evidence of thinking along steward-ship lines was found in two studies: (1) cosmopolitan egoism-striving for efficiency-and local egoism-profit maximization (Victor & Cullen, 1988) and (2) rule utilitarianism (Fritzsche & Becker, 1984). We now turn to descriptions of the two forms of stewardship cultures: corporate egoist and instrumentalist.…”

Section: Limited Morality Cultures: Moral Stewardshipmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…Two studies have shown ample empirical evidence of individual egoism in organizations (Fritzsche & Becker, 1984;Victor & Cullen, 1988). We now turn to discussions of four other-regarding stakeholder cultures.…”

Section: An Amoral Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, taking the interests of others into account and aiming for the welfare of society as a whole might become elements of a corporate stakeholder culture. Indeed, two empirical studies show evidence of act utilitarian ethical sentiments in firms (Fritzsche & Becker, 1984;Victor & Cullen, 1988).…”

Section: Broadly Moral Culturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Post, Preston, and Sachs have noted that "stakeholder-oriented firms often seem to be motivated by normative considerations that underlie a pervasive organizational commitment to humanistic values for their own sake " (2002: 79). In addition, empirical work has identified elements of social responsibility and respect for laws and professional codes (Victor & Cullen, 1988), along with respect for rights and justice or fairness (Fritzsche & Becker, 1984) among corporate managers. We now turn to descriptions of the two broadly moral cultures themselves: moralist and altruist.…”

Section: Broadly Moral Culturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ethical Theory and Stakeholder-Related Decisions: The Role of Stakeholder Culture

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2007

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We use convergent elements of major ethical theories to create a typology of corporate stakeholder cultures-the aspects of organizational culture consisting of the beliefs, values, and practices that have evolved for solving problems and otherwise managing stakeholder relationships. We describe five stakeholder cultures-agency, corporate egoist, instrumentalist, moralist, and altruist-and explain how these cultures lie on a continuum, ranging from individually self-interested (agency culture) to fully other-regarding (altruist culture). We demonstrate the utility of our framework by showing how it can refine stakeholder salience theory.

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Section: Limited Morality Cultures: Moral Stewardshipmentioning

confidence: 93%

Section: An Amoral Culturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Broadly Moral Culturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Broadly Moral Culturesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ethical Theory and Stakeholder-Related Decisions: The Role of Stakeholder Culture

Jones

Felps

Bigley

2007

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“…Tendo como base a teoria ética (Fritzche & Becker, 1984;Williams, 1985), do desenvolvimento moral (Kohbelrg, 1984) e as teorias socioculturais das organizações (Schneider, 1983), Victor e Cullen (1988) defendem que o clima ético está composto por duas dimensões: o critério ético usado para a tomada de decisão e o lócus de análise usado como referente nas decisões (Rego, 2001). O critério ético se refere às três principais classifi cações da teoria ética: (a) egoísmo, cujo critério é o interesse próprio; (b) benevolência, baseada no interesse comum; e (c) deontologia ou princípio, que enfatiza a aderên-cia ao princípio.…”

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Clima ético nas organizações: evidências de validade de uma escala de medida

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ResumoUm tipo específi co de clima organizacional que tem sido foco da atenção de vários pesquisadores é o clima ético, entendido como percepções compartilhadas pelos trabalhadores sobre prescrições, proscrições e permissões referentes a obrigações morais nas organizações. O modelo teórico mais adotado ultimamente indica a existência de nove arquétipos do clima ético. Para ser mensurado é importante que haja um instrumento capaz de capturar suas particularidades. Este estudo objetivou investigar evidên-cias de validade de uma escala traduzida do inglês para o português e adaptada ao contexto brasileiro. A versão em português, inicialmente com 36 itens, foi aplicada a 159 trabalhadores de diversas organizações, cujos dados foram submetidos a análises fatoriais exploratórias. A melhor solução evidenciou uma estrutura da escala com 19 itens agrupados em três fatores (Benevolência; Princípios e Regras; Independência e Instrumentalismo) com índices de consistência interna adequados e 42,8% de variância explicada. Assim como em outros estudos com essa medida, tais resultados demonstraram a fragilidade teórica na captura do fenômeno. São necessários mais estudos para identifi car a adequação dessa estrutura para avaliar o clima ético em organizações e investigar o seu poder preditivo. Palavras-chave:Clima ético, clima organizacional, validade de medida. Ethical Climate within Organizations: Validity Evidence of a Measure's Scale AbstractA specifi c type of organizational climate that has been the focus of attention of many researchers is the ethical climate. It is understood as shared perceptions related to prescriptions, proscriptions and permissions concerning moral obligations within organizations. Nowadays, the most adopted theoretical model stresses nine archetypes composing the ethical climate. To be measured it is substantial to have an instrument capable of capturing its particularities. This study aimed to investigate the validity evidence of a scale translated from English to Portuguese and adjusted to Brazilian context. Therefore, the Portuguese version -initially with 36 items -was administered to 159 workers from multiple organizations.

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Mapping moral philosophies: strategic implications for multinational firms

Robertson

Crittenden

2003

Strategic Management Journal

103

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Strategic managers appear increasingly under pressure from stakeholder concerns regarding social and ethical issues. Partially in response, the supply of ethical decision-making models has grown rapidly. Business ethics scholars have broadened their scope to incorporate moral philosophies into their research endeavors. Despite these positive trends, the international focus of business ethics research has been slow to evolve. Yet, diverse moral philosophies, often most apparent across international borders, have important strategic implications for multinational firms. The ethical norms pursued by cross-cultural alliance partners, distributors, suppliers, customers, financiers, and foreign government agencies can create public relations disasters, foster shareholder unrest, lead to consumer boycotts, and impact organizational outcomes. We seek to rectify the deficiency in international business ethics scholarship with two distinct contributions. First, we develop a new cross-cultural, macro-level model of societal ethics. Second, we map moral philosophies onto an established framework for assessing socioeconomic environments. These theoretical tools should assist managers of multinational organizations, international policy-makers, and researchers to recognize and prepare for the ethical consequences of international strategic decisions.

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Linking Management Behavior to Ethical Philosophy—An Empirical Investigation

Cited by 76 publications

References 5 publications

Ethical Theory and Stakeholder-Related Decisions: The Role of Stakeholder Culture

Ethical Theory and Stakeholder-Related Decisions: The Role of Stakeholder Culture

Clima ético nas organizações: evidências de validade de uma escala de medida

Mapping moral philosophies: strategic implications for multinational firms

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