A simple quantitative test of financial ethics
This paper reports on a survey sent to financial executives at 405 small corporations. A cover letter assured recipients all survey responses would be anonymous and that the enclosed $5 check was to be considered payment for completing and returning the survey. The letter requested the check be retu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
1989
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
Year: 1989, Volume: 8, Issue: 7, Pages: 561-564 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Ethical Behavior B Survey Response B Null Hypothesis B Economic Growth |
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| Summary: | This paper reports on a survey sent to financial executives at 405 small corporations. A cover letter assured recipients all survey responses would be anonymous and that the enclosed $5 check was to be considered payment for completing and returning the survey. The letter requested the check be returned or destroyed if the survey was not going to be completed and returned., In a quantitative test of financial ethics, the proportion of cancelled checks and checks returned with a completed survey is compared to the proportion of completed and returned surveys. Based on the Z test statistic, the null hypothesis of equal proportions was accepted, implying ethical behavior by the group of executives in this test. Suggestions are given for future research. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/BF00382932 |