Ethical Work Climate 2.0: A Normative Reformulation of Victor and Cullen’s 1988 Framework
| Autor: | James Weber, Akwasi Opoku-Dakwa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Economics and Econometrics
Conceptualization 05 social sciences 06 humanities and the arts 0603 philosophy ethics and religion General Business Management and Accounting Preference Epistemology Focus (linguistics) Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development Moral development 0502 economics and business Normative 060301 applied ethics Sociology Business and International Management Business ethics Dimension (data warehouse) Law 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Business Ethics. 178:629-646 |
| ISSN: | 1573-0697 0167-4544 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10551-021-04778-4 |
| Popis: | Ethical work climate (EWC), introduced by Bart Victor and John Cullen, plays a central role in the business ethics literature due to its influence on employee’s ethical decision-making. Yet, the often-used framework is limited as a descriptive and prescriptive model because it lacks a normative focus and does not allow for organizations guided by (arguably) universal ethical principles. We revisit Victor and Cullen’s original conceptualization of ethical climate and propose a reformulation of the ethical criteria to be conceptually consistent with Kohlberg’s theory of cognitive moral development and to accommodate principled climates. We also describe how the locus of analysis dimension can be simplified to allow for a more parsimonious and potentially more valid theory. In doing so, we eliminate redundancy noted in the original model and clarify normative preference among the ethical climate types. We discuss implications for research, teaching, and practice. |
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