Developing and testing a measure for the ethical culture of organizations: the corporate ethical virtues model
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Based on four interlocking empirical studies, this paper initially validates and refines the Corporate Ethical Virtues Model which formulates normative criteria for the ethical culture of organizations. The findings of an exploratory factor analysis provide support for the existence of eight unidimensional subscales: clarity, congruency of supervisors, congruency of management, feasibility, supportability, transparency, discussability, and sanctionability. The findings of a confirmatory factor analysis show that the overall fit of the model is quite high. Evidence of convergent and discriminant validity is also found. The resulting 58‐item self‐reporting questionnaire is a useful tool that can be used in future research and by managers in assessing the ethical culture of their organization. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Las organizaciones que integran prácticas éticas son más eficientes, resilientes y capaces de adaptarse a los cambios y crisis (Kaptein, 2008).
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- Authors
- Kaptein, M.
- Affiliations
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Kaptein, Muel
- ORCID
- Kaptein, Muel
- Venue
- Journal of Organizational Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2008-03-10
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 923-947
- ISSN
- 0894-3796 (ISSN-L)
- 1099-1379
- OpenAlex
- W2132095008
- Cited by
- 522
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 17.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Organizational Behavior (publishedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- ERIM Report Series Research in Management (submittedVersion)
- EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
- RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- ERIM Report Series Research in Management
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Ethics in medical practice
- Keywords
- ethical organizational culture, moral virtues, scale development, organizational transparency
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