Ethics policies, perceived social responsibility, and positive work attitude

Valentine Sean () and Godkin Lynn
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Valentine Sean: Department of Management, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, United States of America
Godkin Lynn: Department of Management and Marketing, Lamar University, Lamar, United States of America

The Irish Journal of Management, 2016, vol. 35, issue 2, 114-128

Abstract: Employers that emphasise ethics often encourage a variety of positive work-related outcomes, yet the manner inwhich different ethics policies and corporate social responsibility (CSR) enhance employee attitudes is still subject toinvestigation. Consequently, this study explored how ethics training and an ethics code work with perceived social responsibility to encourage positive feelings about work. Using survey data collected from 781 individuals employed in an education-based health science centre, the results indicated that hours of ethics training and a shared ethics code operated through perceived social responsibility to enhance a positive work attitude, measured as job satisfaction and an intention to stay. Creating an ethical environment and emphasising socially responsible business practices should encourage employees to respond more favourably to the workplace. In particular, companies should use ethics codes and training to emphasise CSR, thus enhancing employees’ work attitudes.

Keywords: corporate social responsibility; ethics policies/programs; job attitudes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1515/ijm-2016-0013

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