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(A)moral Agents in Organisations? The Significance of Ethical Organisation Culture for Middle Managers’ Exercise of Moral Agency in Ethical Problems

2017

This paper investigates qualitatively the significance of different dimensions of ethical organisation culture for the exercise of middle managers’ moral agency in ethical problems. The research draws on the social cognitive theory of morality and on the corporate ethical virtues model. This study broadens understanding of the factors which enable or constrain managers’ potential for moral agency in organisations, and shows that an insufficient ethical organisational culture may contribute to indifference towards ethical issues, the experiencing of moral conflicts, lack of self-efficacy and morally disengaged reasoning. In contrast, a healthy ethical culture can contribute to motivation to …

Economics and EconometricsVirtue ethicsvirtue ethicsmedia_common.quotation_subjectmiddle managerOrganizational culturehyve-etiikkaethical culture of organisations0603 philosophy ethics and religionArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)corporate ethical virtuesMoral agency0502 economics and businessyritysetiikkaethical problemSociologyBusiness and International ManagementEthical codemedia_commonMoral disengagement05 social sciencesEnvironmental ethics06 humanities and the artseettisyysMoralityGeneral Business Management and Accountingyrityksetmoraalinen toimijuusEthical leadershipkeskijohtomoral agency060301 applied ethicsetiikkaBusiness ethicskvalitatiivinen tutkimusLawSocial psychology050203 business & managementJournal of Business Ethics
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The ethical culture of organisations and organisational innovativeness

2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the ethical culture of organisations and organisational innovativeness.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative empirical analysis was conducted on the basis of a survey of 147 respondents within the public sector in Finland. A multivariate linear regression analysis was done to examine how the ethical culture of organisations is related to organisational innovativeness.FindingsA positive link was found in the ethical culture of an organisation and organisational innovativeness: ethical culture was important to behavioural, strategic and process innovativeness. Within the ethical culture of an organisation, the dimensi…

Future studiesOrganizational innovationbusiness.industryPublic sectorOrganizational cultureEthical culturePublic relationsPrivate sectorethical culture of organisationsinnovationorganisaatiokulttuuriManagement of Technology and InnovationSociologyetiikkabusinessta512organisational innovativenessEuropean Journal of Innovation Management
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Between a rock and a hard place : middle managers' ethical decision making and behaviour in the organisational context

2018

This study increases knowledge and understanding of middle managers’ ethical decision-making and behaviour within the context of Finnish higher education. The aim of the research is to develop a new framework for ethical decision-making and behaviour by combining prior theories and empirical knowledge. This dissertation consists of an introductory essay and three articles. The main argument of this research is that through organisations’ socialisation processes, middle managers adopt socially defined managerial roles, which affect their ethical decision-making and ethical conduct. We can say that especially the ethical organisational culture is significant for middle managers’ understanding…

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