2009-08-19
From Inaction to External Whistleblowing: The Influence of the Ethical Culture of Organizations on Employee Responses to Observed Wrongdoing
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ERIM report series research in management Erasmus Research Institute of Management
Putting measures in place to prevent wrongdoing in organizations is important, but detecting and correcting wrongdoing is just as vital. Employees who observe wrongdoing should therefore be encouraged to respond in a manner that supports corrective action. This paper examines the influence of the ethical culture of organizations on employee responses to observed wrongdoing.The findings show that, contrary to transparency and congruency of management, many other dimensions of ethical culture were negatively related to inaction and external whistleblowing and positively related to direct interven-tion, reporting to management and calling an ethics hotline. The model used for ethical culture explained 27.5% of intended responses by employees.
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| Keywords | ethical culture,ethics hotline,reporting,whistleblowing,wrongdoing |
| JEL | Multinational Firms; International Business (jel F23),Corporate Finance and Governance (jel G3),Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting (jel M),Corporate Culture; Social Responsibility (jel M14) |
| Publisher | Erasmus Research Institute of Management |
| Persistent URL | hdl.handle.net/1765/16600 |
| Series | ERIM Report Series Research in Management |
| Journal | ERIM report series research in management Erasmus Research Institute of Management |
| Organisation | Erasmus Research Institute of Management |
| Citation | Kaptein, M. (2009).From Inaction to External Whistleblowing: The Influence of the Ethical Culture of Organizations on Employee Responses to Observed Wrongdoing (No. ERS-2009-047-ORG).ERIM report series research in management Erasmus Research Institute of Management. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1765/16600 |
