Abstract
Previous research has identified multiple approaches to the design and implementation of corporate ethics programs (Paine, 1994; Weaver, Treviño, and Cochran, in press b; Treviño, Weaver, Gibson, and Toffler, in press). This field survey in a large financial services company investigated the relationships of the values and compliance orientations in an ethics program to a diverse set of outcomes. Employees' perceptions that the company ethics program is oriented toward affirming ethical values were associated with seven outcomes. Perceptions of a compliance orientation were associated with four of these outcomes. The interaction of values and compliance orientations was associated with employees' willingness to report misconduct. In general, a values orientation makes a greater unique contribution to the measured outcomes when compared to a compliance orientation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 315-335 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Business Ethics Quarterly |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 1999 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Philosophy
- Economics and Econometrics