Considering the Business in Business Ethics: An Exploratory Study of the Influence of Organizational Size and Structure on Individual Ethical Predispositions
This paper explores the relationship between organizational size, structure and the strength of organization members' ethical predispositions. It is hypothesized that individuals in smaller, more flexible, organic organizations will display stronger ethical predispositions. Survey results from...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2001
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2001, Volume: 30, Issue: 4, Pages: 375-390 |
| Further subjects: | B
mechanistic
B Centralization B Ethics B Size B Utilitarianism B Formalization B Structure B Formalism B organic |
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| Summary: | This paper explores the relationship between organizational size, structure and the strength of organization members' ethical predispositions. It is hypothesized that individuals in smaller, more flexible, organic organizations will display stronger ethical predispositions. Survey results from 209 individuals across eleven organizations indicate that contrary to expectations, larger, more rigid, mechanistic structures were associated with higher levels of ethical formalism and utilitarianism. Implications of these findings are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1010793308837 |