Introduction: International Business Firms, Economic Development, and Ethics

Organizational Ethics, Individual Ethics, and Ethical Intentions in International Decision-Making

“…The emphasis is on ethical decision-making in international business, an area of considerable contemporary interest (Bird et al, 2009;DeGeorge, 1993;Donaldson, 1989;Donaldson and Dunfee, 1999). Whereas much business ethics research focuses on values and ethical judgments, this study follows the example of Valentine and Rittenburg (2004), focusing on ethical intentions (EI).…”

Structural Model of the Relationship of Organizational Ethical Climate with Organizational Empathy and Civic Virtue: A Cognitive-Affective-Behavioral Approach to Ethics at Workplace

“…This highlighting altruism and humane and ethical serving through social influence provides the grounds for behavioral, cognitive, and affective events in the community and organization (Bird, Smucker and Velasquez, 2009;Cohen et al, 2010). These behavioral, cognitive, and affective events partially emerge in different forms such as commitment, satisfaction, involvement and citizenship behaviors (Walumbwa et al, 2010;Talha et al, 2013), and more specifically in the form of civic virtue and organizational empathy.…”

“…Yet, beyond way of thinking and ethical action at personal level, even those who do not clearly believe in or conform to moral values and principles, when placed in an ethics-oriented working environment, and realize the importance and seriousness of ethical values and principles in that environment, try to observe and respect these values (Loe et al, 2000;Bird et al, 2009;Cohen et al, 2010). There is growing evidence that indicates ethical behavior and action have had increasing importance for industry proprietors and organizations in the past two decades (Sauer and Chao, 2005;Giacalone and Thompson, 2006;Greenfield et al, 2008).…”