Making ethical judgements : a cross-cultural management study

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Volume

17

Issue

3

First Page

443

Last Page

472

Abstract

This article reports the results of a cross-cultural empirical study across seven countries which investigates the differences in the way managers structure their ethical judgements regarding the loyalty of a corporation to its employees, the loyalty of employees to the corporation, and the loyalty of employees towards their co-workers. Managers' ethical judgements from the East Asian 'tiger' countries of Japan, Korea and Hong Kong are compared with those from the 'Anglo' countries of the United States and Australia, and with those from the 'transitional' countries of Asiatic Russia and Poland. An adapted version of the well documented Reidenbach-Robin instrument is used, and its cross-cultural application investigated. As hypothesized, cross-cultural differences were indicated for both the structure and content of managers' ethical judgements, which have important implications for the way organizations are effectively managed both nationally, regionally and internationally. Weaknesses in the a priori constructs of the research instrument were also indicated, and recommendations made for future development of methodology in this area.

DOI

10.1023/A:1015838432317

Print ISSN

02174561

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Copyright © 2000 By John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Ltd. Access to external full text or publisher's version may require subscription.

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Language

English

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