Ethical Structures and Processes
of Corporations Operating in Australia,Canada, and Sweden: A Longitudinal
and Cross-Cultural Study |
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Authors: | Goran Svensson Greg Wood Jang Singh Emily Carasco Michael Callaghan |
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Institution: | (1) Oslo School of Management, Oslo, Norway;(2) Deakin University, Warrnambool, VIC, Australia;(3) University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada |
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Abstract: | Based on the ‘Partnership Model of Corporate Ethics’ (Wood, 2002), this study examines the ethical structures and processes that are put in place by organizations to enhance the ethical
business behavior of staff. The study examines the use of these structures and processes amongst the top companies in the
three countries of Australia, Canada, and Sweden over two time periods (2001–2002 and 2005–2006). Subsequently, a combined
comparative and longitudinal approach is applied in the study, which we contend is a unique approach in the area of business
ethics. The findings of the study indicate that corporations operating in Sweden have utilized ethical structures and processes
differently than their Canadian and/or Australian counterparts, and that in each culture the way that companies fashion their
approach to business ethics appears congruent with their national cultural values. There does, however, appear to be a convergence
of views within the organizations of each culture, as the Swedish companies appear to have been more influenced in 2005–2006
by an Anglo-Saxon business paradigm than they have been in the past. |
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Keywords: | codes of ethics cross-cultural empirical ethical structures and processes longitudinal Australia Canada Sweden |
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