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

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...