Moral Motivation Across Ethical Theories: What Can We Learn for Designing Corporate Ethics Programs?

2019 ◽  
pp. 85-103
Author(s):  
Patricia H. Werhane ◽  
Simone de Colle
Keyword(s):  
Moral Motivation ◽  
Corporate Ethics ◽  
Ethical Theories ◽  
Ethics Programs ◽  
Corporate Ethics Programs

Defining and Explaining the Character of Corporate Ethics Programs

1996 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 327-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary R. Weaver ◽  
Linda Klebe Trevirio ◽  
Philip L. Cochran ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Ethics ◽  
Ethics Programs ◽  
Corporate Ethics Programs

Compliance and Values Oriented Ethics Programs: Influenceson Employees’ Attitudes and Behavior

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary R. Weaver ◽  
Linda Klebe Treviño
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Corporate Ethics ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Ethics Programs ◽  
Corporate Ethics Programs ◽  
Ethics Program ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Willingness To Report ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
Values Orientation

Abstract:Previous research has identified multiple approaches to the design and implementation of corporate ethics programs (Paine, 1994; Weaver, Treviño, and Cochran, in press b; Treviño, Weaver, Gibson, and Toffler, in press). This field survey in a large financial services company investigated the relationships of the values and compliance orientations in an ethics program to a diverse set of outcomes. Employees’ perceptions that the company ethics program is oriented toward affirming ethical values were associated with seven outcomes. Perceptions of a compliance orientation were associated with four of these outcomes. The interaction of values and compliance orientations was associated with employees’ willingness to report misconduct. In general, a values orientation makes a greater unique contribution to the measured outcomes when compared to a compliance orientation.

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