Ethics in Organizations: Leveraging Organizational Practices to Promote Ethics

Abstract

This symposium aims to provide practical implications for organizational practices to promote ethics. Drawing upon multiple theoretical perspectives and methodologies, the five papers in this symposium investigate a wide range of organizational practices that can be leveraged to promote ethics in organizations. Specifically, the questions addressed in this symposium include 1) How can ethical voicers frame the message so that their ethical voice is more likely to be supported by coworkers? 2) Under which conditions do a company’s CSR initiatives produce positive reactions by its employees? 3) How can we mitigate the potential immoral evaluation associated with informal hiring to avoid antisocial behavior and promote prosocial behavior? 4) When and why can group diversity improve ethical decision making and performance? Taken together, these papers provide important prescriptive insights (Bazerman, 2005; Chugh & Kern, 2016) by pointing organizations toward both acknowledging the challenges involved in various organizational practices and leveraging these practices to promote ethical decisions and behaviors. Promotion Framing, Moral Elevation, and Positive Reactions to Ethical Voice Presenter: Anjier Chen; Pennsylvania State U. Presenter: Linda K Trevino; Pennsylvania State U. CSR Activities Aligned with Core Business Promotes Employees’ Attributions of Morality & Commitment Presenter: Jimin Lee; UC Irvine Presenter: Christopher Bauman; U. of California, Irvine Hired Through Your Network? Don’t Come To Me For Help! Employees' Reactions to Informal Hiring Presenter: Teodora Tomova; NYU Stern Presenter: Rellie Rachel Derfler; U. of Maryland Checked and Balanced: The Role of Group Faultlines in Ethical Decision Making Presenter: Jihyeon Kim; U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presenter: Yekaterina Bezrukova; U. at Buffalo, The State U. of New York Presenter: Erzhuo Wang; U. at Buffalo, The State U. of New York Presenter: Denise Lewin Loyd; U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Presenter: Chester S. Spell; Rutgers U., Camden Presenter: Hisham Said; Santa Clara U. Transparency of Limitations: The Impact of Team Gender Diversity on Transparency and Team Performance Presenter: Isabel Villamor; George Washington U. Presenter: Hannah Kremer; George Washington U. Presenter: Margaret Ormiston; George Washington U.