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Context matters less than leadership in preventing unethical behavior

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dc.contributor.authorAlvez, Marlond
dc.contributor.authorMarques, Tânia
dc.contributor.authorRamalho, Nelson
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-01T15:07:20Z
dc.date.available2022-02-01T15:07:20Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.description.abstractEver since corporate scandals became a concern of public interest, leaders have been a common target for attributing responsibilities and ethical leadership has been suggested as a solution to prevent it. However, organizations, especially MNCs, are permeable to their social environment, and therefore, a contextual approach is called for. This study is set to empirically test a sequential mediation model bridging ethical leadership to employees’ unethical behavior via instrumental ethical climate and employee displacement of responsibility embedded in its society’s ethical standards represented by the country’s corruption index that acts as a moderator. A total of 184 participants comprised in 39 teams across 13 countries, answered a dyadic two-waved survey. Findings show that ethical leadership has an indirect influence on unethical behavior avoidance by diminishing the instrumental ethical climate and frustrating the displacement of responsibility of individuals. In addition, results suggest this process is not sensible to the corruption levels of countries. Such findings suggest organizations are less prone to adjust their ethical standards to the environment than usually expected. The unavoidable conclusion is that in MNCs, ethical leaders may suffice to counter any corruption-like pressure from the social environment but likewise, may be what it takes to foster a corrupted organization in a society that values ethical principles in business.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationAntunez, M., Marques, T. & Ramalho, N., Context matters less than leadership in preventing unethical behavior, EURAM European Academy of Management 2021, 16-18 June 2021.pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/6585
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectEthical leadershippt_PT
dc.subjectEthical climatept_PT
dc.subjectDisplacement of responsibilitypt_PT
dc.subjectUnethical behaviorpt_PT
dc.subjectCorruptionpt_PT
dc.titleContext matters less than leadership in preventing unethical behaviorpt_PT
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oaire.citation.titleEURAM European Academy of Management 2021, 16-18 June 2021pt_PT
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person.givenNameTânia
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