Abstract
This research illustrates dangers inherent in the gap created when organizations decouple ethics program adoption from implementation. Using a sample of 182 professionals in the pharmaceutical and financial services industries, we examine the relationship between structural decoupling of formal ethics programs and individual-level perceptions and behavior. Findings strongly support the hypothesized relationships between decoupling and organizational members’ legitimacy perceptions of the ethics program, psychological contract breach, organizational cynicism, and unethical behavior.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 351-368 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Journal of Business Ethics |
Volume | 128 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2015 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Business and International Management
- General Business, Management and Accounting
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Economics and Econometrics
- Law