Abstract
The study draws upon the ethical theory of organizing to elucidate the links between ethical climate antecedents, organizational practices, and consequences. We also integrated organizing vision theory to examine the influence of diffusion of big data analytics innovation on sustainable business practices. The results indicate that organizational trust has a significant positive impact on ethics training and ethics audit, which is critical to South Africa's mining industry. Furthermore, the results indicate that ethical leadership is positively related to ethics training and ethics audits. Findings show that ethics training and ethics audit is positively related to sustainable business practices. Findings indicate that the vision constructed by community members is positively related to the diffusion of big data analytics innovation. We also found that the diffusion of big data analytics innovation is positively related to sustainable business practices. Lastly, findings show that sustainable business practices are positively related to firm performance.
Highlights
The mining industry is the backbone of South Africa’s economy
The latent constructs for this study are Organizational Trust (ORT); Ethical Leadership (ETL); Ethics Trainings (ETT); Ethics Audit (ETA); Sustainable Business Practices in Mining Companies (SBP); Firm Performance (FIP); Vision Constructed by Community Members (VCC); and Diffusion of Big Data Analytics Innovation (DBA)
There is a sustainability-related concern in this industry, and the findings reveal that managers/top leaders need to shift their focus towards a) organizational trust-building and ethical leadership, and b) big data analytics, i.e., decision-making based on data
Summary
The mining industry is the backbone of South Africa’s economy. The mineral energy complex is critical to the growth of South Africa. The South African mining industry’s sustainable development problem focuses on exploring the relationship between organizational goals, corporate practices, and their effect on safety, health, community relations, and the environment. To build a trust-based environment, there should be a social exchange partnership between an organization’s top management and its staff Ethical leaders empower their employees through ethical training and support (Demirtas, 2015). Empirical studies are lacking, and to fill the gap, a study is, necessary to determine the association between organizational trust and ethical leadership in shaping the sustainable business practices of the South African mining industry. What is the role of organizational trust and ethical leadership in shaping sustainable business practices and the final impact on firm performance in the South African mining industry?. Section six presents the discussion and the conclusions drawn from the empirical study
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