Structural Model of the Relationship of Organizational Ethical Climate with Organizational Empathy and Civic Virtue: A Cognitive-Affective-Behavioral Approach to Ethics at Workplace

Abstract

Organizational ethical climate components are important factors for employees and organizations. In this regard, this study was administered to investigate the role of organizational ethical climate components for organizational empathy and civic virtue. The research design was correlation one and the sample consisted of 278 employees of railway company, Esfahan, Iran. The research instruments were organizational ethical climate questionnaire, organizational empathy scale and civic virtue questionnaire. The research hypotheses were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and structural equation modeling. Furthermore of simple relationships between organizational ethical climate components with civic virtue and organizational empathy, the results of structural equation modeling indicated that during a series of relationships, caring and independence associate with civic virtue and rules and law along with service associate with organizational empathy. After all, the results of this study indicated that civic virtue and organizational empathy can be considered as variables with ethical based in the workplaces.