Employee Ethics Training: Literature Review and Integrative Perspective

Abstract

Employee ethics training programs are increasingly prevalent in today’s workplace. Despite the recognized need for such programs in organizations, our understanding of employee-focused ethics training programs and their effectiveness is limited. By conducting a literature review of peer-reviewed empirical studies on employee ethics training, we shed light on the state of the existing literature with a focus on the research characteristics of the identified studies. We also propose an integrative perspective on ethics training programs in organizations. The integrative framework outlines four types of ethics training along two key dimensions: orientation and contextualization. The study concludes by providing suggestions for future research.