An Examination of Organizational Ethics
- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human Relations
- Vol. 55 (9) , 1097-1116
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726702055009021
Abstract
Explanations of organizational behavior that encompass conventional views of business ethics are overly simplistic and limited in their ability to provide constructive guidance for managers to understand and to manage moral problems in organizations. A construct of the organization as a political community wherein moral action and behavioral outcomes may be assessed using the organization’s constitution is presented. The guiding question is ‘why do management effectiveness programs rarely work?’.Keywords
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