Personal Ethics and Business Ethics: The Ethical Attitudes of Owner/ Managers of Small Business |
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Authors: | John J Quinn |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Management Studies, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | To date, the study of business ethics has been largely the study of the ethics of large companies. This paper is concerned with owner/managers of small firms and the link between the personal ethics of the owner/manager and his or her attitude to ethical problems in business. By using active membership of an organisation with an overt ethical dimension (for example, a church) as a surrogate for personal ethics the research provides some, though not unequivocal, support for the models of Trevino and others that suggest a link between personal ethics and business ethics. |
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