The Ethical Climate of Danish Firms: A Discussion and Enhancement of the Ethical-Climate Model |
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Authors: | Jeanette Lemmergaard Jorgen Lauridsen |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Marketing & Management, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M, DK-5230, Denmark;(2) Institute of Public Health – Health Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M, DK-5230, Denmark |
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Abstract: | The initial purpose of this study is to provide an empirical validation of Victor and Cullen’s ethical-climate model (1987,
Frederick (ed.), Research in Corporate Social Performance and Policy, Vol. 9, pp. 51–71; 1988, Administrative Science Quarterly
33, 101–125; 1990, Frederick and Preston (eds.), Business Ethics: Research Issues and Empirical Studies (JAI Press Inc., Greenwich, Connecticut), pp. 77–97). Testing the model on a sample of Danish firms, this study demonstrates
that the empirical model as suggested by Victor and Cullen is much stronger than suggested by previous research. Based on
a confirmatory factor model, the results of this study suggest a revised ethical structure. Especially a sixth dimension –
own interest – is separated from the original instrumental dimension. Further, this study suggests that the ethical-climate
model can be enhanced with the dimension of autonomy deriving from Koys and DeCotiis’ (1991, Human Relations
44(3), 265–285.) dimensional psychological climate instrument. |
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Keywords: | autonomy confirmatory factor analysis covariance modeling ethics ethical climate |
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