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Institutionalizing Ethics Into Business Organizations: A Model and Research Agenda*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

James Weber
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Abstract

Grounded upon the late 1970s phrase “institutionalizing ethics into business,” I present a multi-component model and research agenda to enhance our understanding of organizations' efforts to integrate ethics into the daily decision-making process of employees. Three research foci are emphasized: (1) the need to establish consistent categorical frameworks to describe business organizations' efforts in the field, (2) the study of the interrelationships between the various components presented in the model, and (3) the exploration of the linkage between organizational efforts to institutionalize ethics and ethical employee behavior. Research and organizational implications evolving from these research foci are discussed.

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 3 , Issue 4 , October 1993 , pp. 419 - 436
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 1993 

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The author would like to thank Sharon L. Green, Linda K. Trevino, and two anonymous reviewers for their comments on earlier drafts of this paper.

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