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Journal of Business Ethics
Published in: Journal of Business Ethics 3/2012

01-10-2012

Ethical Duties of Organizational Citizens: Obligations Owed by Highly Committed Employees

Authors: Cam Caldwell, Larry A. Floyd, Ryan Atkins, Russell Holzgrefe

Published in: Journal of Business Ethics | Issue 3/2012

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Abstract

Individuals who demonstrate organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) contribute to their organization’s ability to create wealth, but they also owe their organizations a complex set of ethical duties. Although, the academic literature has begun to address the ethical duties owed by organizational leaders to organizational citizens, very little has been written about the duties owed by those who practice OCB to their organizations. In this article, we identify an array of ethical duties owed by those who engage in extra-role behavior and describe those duties in context with personality theory. We suggest that employees who understand the complex nature of OCB and the associated duties they owe to others are more likely to reach their potential and make greater contributions within their organizations.
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Metadata
Title
Ethical Duties of Organizational Citizens: Obligations Owed by Highly Committed Employees
Authors
Cam Caldwell
Larry A. Floyd
Ryan Atkins
Russell Holzgrefe
Publication date
01-10-2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published in
Journal of Business Ethics / Issue 3/2012
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Electronic ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-1154-9

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