Factors Impacting Ethical Behavior in a Chinese State-Owned Steel Company

• Published in: Journal of business ethics Vol. 105; no. 2; pp. 231 - 237
• Main Authors: Fu, Weihui, Deshpande, Satish P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.01.2012; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Series: Journal of Business Ethics
• Subjects: Arbeitsverhalten; Betriebsklima; Business and Management; Business Ethics; Business structures; China; Climate; Corporate responsibility; Decision making; Descriptive ethics; Economic growth; Economic models; Economic reform; Economic theory; Education; Employee behavior; Employees; Environmental ethics; Ethical behavior; Ethical climate; Ethical codes; Ethics; Ethik; GDP; Gross Domestic Product; Management; Manager behavior; Managers; Organizational behavior; Overclaiming; Peer groups; Philosophy; Polls & surveys; Professional ethics; Professionals; Public enterprises; Qualitative research; Quality of Life Research; Research methodology; Self report; Social ethics; Social responsibility; Social responsibility of business; Stahlindustrie; Steel company; Steel industry; Steels; Studies; Working conditions; Öffentliches Unternehmen; China; Ethical climate; Steel company; Ethical behavior; China; Overclaiming
• ISSN: 0167-4544; 1573-0697
• DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0962-2

This study examines factors impacting ethical behavior of 208 employees of a Chinese state-owned steel company. Only rules climate had a significant impact on ethical behavior of respondents. Other ethical climate types such as professional, caring, instrumental, independence, and efficiency did not impact ethical behavior of respondents. Ethical behavior of peers, ethical behavior of successful managers, and overclaiming had a significant impact on ethical behavior of subjects.