Can Good Information Prevent Misconduct? The Role of Organizational Epistemic Virtues for Ethical Behavior
Marco Meyer,
Tong Li
Abstract:This study explores epistemic virtue as a new lens to scrutinize organizational behavior. Organizational epistemic virtues are the qualities of organizations that support the creation, sharing, and retaining of knowledge. We study how well organizations handle information and if that can prevent organizational misconduct. We propose a theoretical framework to link epistemic virtue to the prevention of misconduct and test this model using data from 822 U.S. companies. These companies are scored on six epistemic… Show more
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