To Date: 14.11.2015

The Secretary

International Society of Business , Economics & Ethics

Shanghai

China

E-mail: secretariat@isbee.org

Dear Sir

Please find enclosed an abstract entitled on Ethical Climates and Deviant Workplace

Behaviour – A Critical Analysis for presentation in the 6th WORLD CONGRESS of

“INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BUSINESS , ECONOMICS & ETHICS (ISBEE) in “THE OLYMPICS OF

BUSINESS ETHICS which will be held on 13-16 July 2016 at SHANGHAI, CHINA.

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Professor (Dr.) Prabir Biswas

IBMR, Kolkata

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Ethical Climates and Deviant Workplace Behaviour – ACritical AnalysisSandeep Jain, Prabir Biswas

Abstract

Ethical behaviour for an individual or business entity is a disputable topic for discussion anddebate. In long run good ethics means good business which is difficult to measure scientificallybecause there are not yet generally accepted criteria by means ethical excellence can bemeasured. There are many occasions when something short of perfect conduct is a lot moreprofitable.

Businesses that exhibit and promote strong corporate codes of ethics are more prosperous in thelong run because they show a commitment to an expectation of sound moral behavior. Thisdemonstrates a dedication to society, customers, employees and the business itself. It alsoenhances a company’s reputation if they become commonly known as an ethical company, andthis brings more value to the organization.

The Market does respond to unethical behavior. Shoppers are highly aware of ethical issues andmany are ready to put their money where their morals are high. The most in-depth research intoethical consumerism to date reveals that just over half the population have bought a product andrecommended a supplier, because of its responsible reputation, at some time in the last season.Moreover, a lot of consumers are seriously concerned with ethical issues when shopping and aquarter has investigated a company’s social responsibility at least once.

While a number of previous studies investigated the effects of personal characteristics andinterpersonal factors on a specific type of deviant behavior, the present study examined howorganizational factors, or more specifically ethical climates within organizations, are related todeviant behavior. The results provided evidence that certain types of ethical climates wererelated to specific types of deviant behavior, suggesting that the causes for same might dependon the specific type of deviant behavior. It is noted that the results of the present study have boththeoretical relevance and practical implications with respect to workplace deviance.

In this article, the important but neglected link between workplace safety-enhancing behaviorand ethics is explored. We would like to investigate how specific local ethical climate types arelinked to incidences of injuries and two types of safety-enhancing behaviors: safety complianceand safety participation. It has hypothesized that egoist climates are positively related to injuriesand negatively related to safety-enhancing behaviors. In contrast, it proposes that both

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This Paper is prepared for the Ensuing 6th WORLD CONGRESS of “INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OFBUSINESS , ECONOMICS & ETHICS (ISBEE) in “THE OLYMPICS OF BUSINESS ETHICS which will beheld on 13-16 July 2016 at SHANGHAI, CHINA.Sandeep Jain, Research Scholar, Institute of Business Management & Research, KolkataDr. Prabir Biswas, Professor& Academic Head, Institute of Business Management & Research,Kolkata

benevolent and principled climates have negative relationships with injuries and positiverelationships with safety-enhancing behaviors. Results provide support only for principledclimate types while benevolence has the desired negative relationship with injuries. Egoism andbenevolence are not related to safety-enhancing behaviors. Theoretical and practical implicationsof findings are discussed in this paper.

This paper also proposes to test the model of Hosmer (1994) by using Victor and Cullen's (1988)ethical work climate instrument to measure the perceptions of the “right,” “just,” and “fair”treatment of employee stakeholders. In addition, this study extends Hosmer's model to includethe effect of “right,” “just”, and “fair” treatment on employee communication, also believed tobe an underlying dynamic of trust.

Key words: commitment ethical climate innovation stakeholder theory trust deviant workplacebehavior organizational climate Ethical Climate Questionnaire

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