A Comparison of Business Ethics Commitment in Private and Public Sector Organizations in Sweden

IF 4.8 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance Business Ethics-A European Review Pub Date : 2010-03-15 DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8608.2010.01585.x

G. Svensson, G. Wood, Michael Callaghan

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This paper reports the results of a study of the top 500 private sector organizations and the top 100 public sector organizations in Sweden. It is a replication of the study by Svensson et al. (2004). The aim of the study was to describe and compare the business ethics commitment of organizations across the two sectors. The empirical findings indicate that the processes involved in business ethics commitment have begun to be recognized and acted upon at an organizational level in Sweden. Some support is provided to show that codes of ethics are developing in some of Sweden's largest private and public sector organizations – although this is happening to a lesser extent in the public sector. It is noted that an effect of a code of ethics on the bottom line of the business was acknowledged by respondents in both private and public sector organizations. We believe that the supporting measures of business ethics commitment appear to be underutilized in both private and public sector organizations in Sweden (among those that possess codes of ethics), thus indicating that the commitment to business ethics in Swedish organizations has potential for future development.

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瑞典私营和公共部门组织的商业道德承诺比较

本文报告了瑞典500强私营部门组织和100强公共部门组织的研究结果。这是Svensson et al.(2004)研究的复制。本研究的目的是描述和比较两个部门组织的商业道德承诺。实证研究结果表明，在瑞典，商业道德承诺所涉及的过程已开始在组织层面得到承认和采取行动。提供的一些支持表明，瑞典一些最大的私营和公共部门组织正在制定道德守则- -尽管公共部门的这种情况在较小程度上发生。值得注意的是，私营和公共部门组织的受访者都承认道德准则对业务底线的影响。我们认为，在瑞典的私营和公共部门组织(在那些拥有道德准则的组织中)，商业道德承诺的支持措施似乎没有得到充分利用，从而表明瑞典组织对商业道德的承诺具有未来发展的潜力。

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期刊介绍： -To offer rigorous and informed analysis of ethical issues and perspectives relevant to organizations and their relationships with society -To promote scholarly research and advance knowledge in relation to business ethics and corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship by providing cutting edge theoretical and empirical analysis of salient issues and developments -To be responsive to changing concerns and emerging issues in the business ethics and business and society sphere, and to seek to reflect these in the balance of contributions -To be the publication outlet of choice for all types of original research relating to business ethics and business-society relationships. Original articles are welcomed. Each issue will normally contain several major articles, and there will be an occasional FOCUS section which will contain articles on an issue of particular importance and topicality. Other regular features will include editorial interviews, book reviews, comments and responses to published articles, research notes and case studies. Business Ethics: A European Review is well established as an academic research journal which is at the same time readable, user-friendly and authoritative. It publishes both fully refereed scholarly papers and special contributions such as speeches and reviews. The range of contributions reflects the variety and scope of ethical issues faced by business and other organisations world-wide, and at the same time seeks to address the interests and concerns of the journals readership.