scholarly journals Strategic public procurement regulatory compliance model with mediating effect of ethical behavior

Heliyon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. e03132
Author(s):  
Dauda Ibrahim Sarawa ◽  
Abdulsalam Mas'ud
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Compliance Model

scholarly journals How external stakeholders drive the green public procurement practice? An organizational learning perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Junqi Liu ◽  
Yanlin Ma ◽  
Andrea Appolloni ◽  
Wenjuan Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Black Box ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
External Stakeholder ◽  
Influence Mechanism ◽  
External Stakeholders ◽  
Green Public Procurement ◽  
Public Sectors

Purpose This study aims to uncover the black box of the influence mechanism between external stakeholder drivers and green public procurement practice, and meanwhile to explore the moderating role of administrative level in this process. Green public procurement (GPP) has been widely implemented. Existing literature has found that external stakeholder drivers can affect public sectors' GPP practice, however, the definition of its connotation is still unclear, and how external stakeholders affect GPP practice has remained a black box. Design/methodology/approach After defining the major external stakeholders, this study develops a multiple mediation theoretical model using survey data from 142 Chinese local public sectors. It aims to uncover the black box of the influence mechanism between external stakeholder drivers and GPP practice and meanwhile explore the moderating effect of administrative levels in this process. Findings The results show that external stakeholder drivers have a positive relationship with GPP practices. The knowledge of GPP implementation policies and the knowledge of GPP benefits can both mediate this relationship. This study also finds that the administrative level of public sectors can positively moderate the mediating effect produced by the knowledge of GPP implementation policies and negatively moderate the mediation effect produced by the knowledge of GPP benefits. Social implications Local governments need to better encourage public sectors to implement GPP. Managers of public sectors need to pay attention to organizational learning to acquire relevant knowledge on GPP. Originality/value This study makes a theoretical contribution to a better understanding of the influence mechanism for GPP practice. This study also provides comparisons of GPP implementation policies between China and European Union.

Ethical leadership and employee unethical pro-organizational behavior: a moderated mediation model of moral disengagement and coworker ethical behavior

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 799-812
Author(s):  
Hui-Hsien Hsieh ◽  
Hao-Hsin Hsu ◽  
Kuo-Yang Kao ◽  
Chih-Chieh Wang
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Ethical Work ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to understand how ethical leadership and coworker ethical behavior will influence employee unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB). In particular, the authors examine the mediating effect of moral disengagement on the relationship between ethical leadership and UPB and also investigate the moderating effect of coworker ethical behavior on the aforementioned effect.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 251 employee–coworker dyads from five organizations in Taiwan at two time points. Moderated mediation analysis was conducted to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results show that moral disengagement mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and employee UPB. Moreover, the results show that coworker ethical behavior moderates the relationship between moral disengagement and employee UPB, as well as the mediated relationship between ethical leadership and employee UPB via moral disengagement. Specifically, both the moral disengagement–UPB relationship and the ethical leadership–moral disengagement–UPB relationship become weaker when coworker ethical behavior is high.Practical implicationsThe results highlight the importance of creating an ethical work environment to get everyone behaving ethically in the workplace, because nurturing an ethical atmosphere in organizations will be useful in reducing the occurrence of UPB even for those who have high levels of moral disengagement.Originality/valueThis study shows that coworkers matter morally as much as leaders, demonstrating the importance of social influence from coworkers in organizations.

Social value orientation and regulatory compliance in Ugandan public procurement

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (11) ◽  
pp. 900-920 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Mpeera Ntayi ◽  
Pascal Ngoboka ◽  
Henry Mutebi ◽  
Gidah Sitenda
Keyword(s):  
Public Procurement ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Value Orientation ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Value Orientation

scholarly journals Building Corporate Reputation through Sustainable Entrepreneurship: The Mediating Effect of Ethical Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 1663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mª Ramos-González ◽  
Mercedes Rubio-Andrés ◽  
Miguel Sastre-Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Corporate Reputation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Does trust in zakat institution enhance entrepreneurs’ zakat compliance?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saeed Awadh Bin-Nashwan ◽  
Hijattulah Abdul-Jabbar ◽  
Saliza Abdul Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Compliance Model ◽  
Islamic Economic ◽  
Muslim Communities

Purpose Although zakat is a principal way to redistribute wealth, a unique practice designed to achieve a sustainable Islamic economic and social system, zakat institutions and agencies in most Muslim countries still suffer from the perplexing issue of low zakat collections, ascribing this to the level of compliance among zakat payers. To provide more insight into this lacuna, this study aims to examine the role of trust in zakat institution through the relationship between socio-economic determinants (i.e. religiosity, moral reasoning, peer influence and system fairness) and zakat compliance decisions. Design/methodology/approach From a typical Islamic country, Yemen, a random sample of 274 entrepreneurs was drawn for a self-administered survey. To estimate and analyze the compliance model, SmartPLS structural equation modeling was used. Findings The results show that all hypothesized direct relationships are supported. Importantly, the trust-moderated interactions of religiosity, moral reasoning and peer influence on zakat compliance are significant, although its interaction with zakat system fairness is not. Practical implications The results should be helpful for policymakers and responsible institutions in Muslim communities to understand how different levels of trust can play an important role in Zakat payers’ compliance to boost or erode zakat funds. This research also contributes important inferences for managers about the necessity of inculcating religious and moral values among zakat payers, formulating a fair system and embarking on sensitization programs in society. Originality/value The research enriches the scanty literature by validating a viable compliance model drawing on the socio-economic theory of regulatory compliance. Moreover, the model integrates the moderating role of trust in socio-economic perspectives of zakat compliance.

Social cohesion, groupthink and ethical behavior of public procurement officers

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Mpeera Ntayi ◽  
Warren Byabashaija ◽  
Sarah Eyaa ◽  
Muhammed Ngoma ◽  
Alex Muliira
Keyword(s):  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Public Procurement

scholarly journals Priroda vanjskotrgovinskih odnosa SAD-a i EU-a s osvrtom na TTIP

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-41
Author(s):  
Rajko Strenja ◽  
Marko Lukavac
Keyword(s):  
Security Policy ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
High Standard ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Security Level ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Eu

The US and European Union interdependence at the economic, political and security level historically represented the source of co-operation, but also tensions between two globally important economies. The strong economic, political and security ties between the United States and the EU enabled these economies to gain global supremacy, because of the links between the most powerful according to the criteria of economics and education. With the objective of keeping global supremacy, the US and the EU have strived to agree on contemporary high-standard bilateral trade agreement, socalled TTIP. The aim of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement is to reach an agreement on further liberalization and increase of market approach through elimination of obstacles in trade of goods, services, agricultural products and investments, as well as in procedures related to public procurement. The important objectives of the agreement are also the increase of regulatory compliance and cooperation in the area of foreign trade and security policy, investment and development of new rules associated with direct foreign investments, rights arising from intellectual property, labor rights and environmental standards. This article will highlight the most important disagreements between the US and the EU associated with so-called "TTIP" with primary purpose of defining potential risks for sustainable growth of the EU economy in the future.

Procurement professionals' perceptions of skills and attributes of procurement negotiators: a cross-sectional survey in Tanzania

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonada Raphael Mwagike ◽  
Ismail Abdi Changalima
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis paper analyzes procurement negotiators' skills and attributes by considering perceptions of procurement professionals in Tanzania.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed a cross-sectional research design in which procurement professionals' opinions were collected through questionnaires. The study proposed that the skills and attributes of procurement negotiators are necessary for negotiation proceedings, and they were tested through confirmatory factor analysis.FindingsFindings suggest that listening skills, persuasion skills, communication skills and planning skills are all important skills that contribute to overall procurement negotiation skills. Furthermore, trust, flexibility, honesty and emotion are statistically determined to be necessary attributes for procurement negotiators. All of the observed variables were statistically significant (p < 0.001) and contributed positively to explaining the skills and attributes of procurement negotiators.Research limitations/implicationsThe sample included only respondents from a single country. This may affect the generalization of results as there is a variation in institutional regulatory compliance governing public procurement undertakings in different countries. Also, the study did not include the outcome of negotiation proceedings and relied only on opinions collected from the procurement professionals in Tanzania.Practical implicationsThis study's findings provide suggestions for practitioners on the necessary skills and attributes of procurement negotiators that might be well considered when appointing members of negotiation teams for procurement deals.Originality/valueThis paper adds value to the existing literature on the necessary skills and attributes of members of negotiation teams for procurement undertakings in the public sector.

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