Moral Support Structures in Swedish Industry

Ethical Structures and Processes of Corporations Operating in Australia, Canada, and Sweden: A Longitudinal and Cross-Cultural Study

“…The letter and cover page of the questionnaire briefly described the nature of the research, guaranteed the confidentiality of the information provided, and requested a copy of the corporation's code of ethics. (SCB, 2002(SCB, , 2005, firms that, for several reasons such as size of turnover, employee numbers, and business profile, are more probable to have developed a formal code of ethics (Brytting, 1997). Companies were asked to answer the same questions and to supply a copy of their code of ethics as were those companies in Australia and Canada.…”

“I don’t Care that People don’t Like What I Do” – Business Codes Viewed as Invisible or Visible Restrictions

“…Employers and managers present codes as moral resources to their companies and employees. Brytting (1997) also proposes that business codes may help to motivate employees.…”

“…Peter Norberg structures than moral support structures, the term Brytting (1997) uses for categorising codes.…”

“…Some codes stand the test of time and become comprehended as law. By this gradual process individual codes, and also the existence of codes in general become taken for granted (Brytting, 1997).…”

“…Do brokers and traders view codes as means for safeguarding good morality, and recognise moral behaviour within their business as a value in itself? Brytting (1997) has described codes of business as supportive to employees. Economically speaking, morality could be thought of as restricting individual agency (Gossling, 2003).…”