Team ethical culture as a coupling mechanism between a well-implemented organizational ethics program and the prevention of unethical behavior in teams

IF 4.8 Q1 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Business Ethics-A European Review Pub Date : 2024-02-06 DOI:10.1111/beer.12661

Guillem C. Cabana, Muel Kaptein

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Abstract

Many organizations have adopted an organizational ethics program to prevent unethical behavior within the organization. Decoupling the adoption of ethics programs from their implementation has been identified in the literature as an explanation for the ineffectiveness of such programs. In addition to this so-called policy–practice decoupling, means–ends decoupling may also occur when a well-implemented ethics program is nevertheless ineffective. This study investigates whether team ethical culture (TEC) acts as a coupling mechanism that mediates the effects of a well-implemented ethics program on unethical behavior in teams. We conducted a survey of 202 teams working in a business organization in the UK. The results of a structural equation analysis support the claim that TEC mediates this relationship. Based on this team-level case study, we argue that organizations that aim to implement an effective ethics program should acknowledge and manage TECs to avoid means-ends decoupling.

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团队道德文化是良好实施的组织道德计划与预防团队不道德行为之间的耦合机制

许多组织都采用了组织道德计划来防止组织内的不道德行为。有文献指出，道德计划的采用与实施脱钩是造成此类计划无效的原因之一。除了这种所谓的政策与实践脱钩之外，当道德计划实施得很好但效果不佳时，也可能出现手段与目的脱钩的情况。本研究探讨了团队道德文化（TEC）是否作为一种耦合机制，可以调节实施良好的道德计划对团队中不道德行为的影响。我们对英国一家商业机构的 202 个团队进行了调查。结构方程分析的结果支持了 TEC 在这种关系中起中介作用的说法。基于这项团队层面的案例研究，我们认为，旨在实施有效道德计划的组织应承认并管理 TEC，以避免手段与目的脱钩。

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Business Ethics-A European Review Multiple-

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