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A cross-cultural construct of the ethos of the corporate codes of ethics: Australia, Canada and Sweden

journal contribution
posted on 2009-07-01, 00:00 authored by G Svensson, Greg WoodGreg Wood, J Singh, M Callaghann
The objective of this paper is to develop and describe a construct of the ethos of the corporate codes of ethics (i.e. an ECCE construct) across three countries, namely Australia, Canada and Sweden. The introduced construct is rather unique as it is based on a cross-cultural sample seldom seen in the literature. While the outcome of statistical analyses indicated a satisfactory factor solution and acceptable estimates of reliability measures, some research limitations have been stressed. They provide a foundation for further research in the field and testing of the ECCE construct in other cultural and corporate settings. We believe that the ECCE construct makes a contribution to theory and practice in the field as it outlines a theoretical construct for the benefit of other researchers. It is also of managerial interest as it provides a grounded framework of areas to be considered in the implementation in organizations of corporate codes of ethics.

History

Journal

Business ethics: a European review

Volume

18

Issue

3

Pagination

253 - 267

Publisher

Wiley - Blackwell

Location

Chichester, Eng.

ISSN

0962-8770

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal article

Copyright notice

2009, Wiley-Blackwell