Ethics in countries with different cultural dimensions

Ruth Alas ()

Journal of Business Ethics, 2006, vol. 69, issue 3, 237-247

Abstract: This paper compares ethics in countries with different cultural dimensions based on empirical data from 12 countries. The results indicate that dimensions of national culture could serve as predictors of the ethical standards desired in a specific society. The author divided societal cultural practices into desired and undesired practices. According to this study, ethics could be seen as the means for achieving a desired state in a society: for reducing some societal characteristics and increasing others. Finally, a model of the impact of cultural dimensions on desired ethical standards is proposed. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2006

Keywords: ethical values; cultural dimensions; motivation theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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