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Communicating the ethos of codes of ethics within the organization : a comparison of the largest private sector organizations in Sweden and Turkey

Aydinlik, Arzu Ulgen, Donmez, Dilek, Svensson, Göran, Wood, Greg and Callaghan, Michael 2008, Communicating the ethos of codes of ethics within the organization : a comparison of the largest private sector organizations in Sweden and Turkey, Journal of management development, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 778-790.

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Title Communicating the ethos of codes of ethics within the organization : a comparison of the largest private sector organizations in Sweden and Turkey
Author(s) Aydinlik, Arzu Ulgen
Donmez, Dilek
Svensson, Göran
Wood, Greg
Callaghan, Michael
Journal name Journal of management development
Volume number 27
Issue number 7
Start page 778
End page 790
Publisher MCB University Press
Place of publication Bradford, England
Publication date 2008
ISSN 0262-1711
1758-7492
Keyword(s) business ethics
codes
employee communications
private sector organizations
Sweden
Turkey
Summary Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to examine the ways that the largest private sector organizations in Sweden and Turkey communicate the intent of their codes of ethics to their employees.

Design/methodology/approach – Primary data were obtained via a self-administered mail questionnaire distributed to a census of the top 500 private sector organizations based on revenue in each country.

Findings – The research identified some interesting findings that showed that the small group of companies in Turkey that have a code may appear to be more “advanced” in ethics artifacts usage than Sweden. Such a conclusion is counter-intuitive as one would have expected a developed nation like Sweden to be more advanced in these measures than a developing nation such as Turkey. Culture may play a large role in the implementation of ethics artifacts in corporations and could be a major reason for this difference.

Research limitations/implications – As this is such a new area of investigation in Turkey, the responses amount to only 32 companies that have a code. The small sample is indicative of the formative evolution toward having codes of ethics within companies operating within Turkey.

Practical implications – This study enables those organizations that comprise corporate Turkey to view the current state of codes of ethics in Turkish companies and to compare these with the responses of a developed country of the European Union. Originality and value – A review of the literature indicates that this is the first time that such an international study specifically focused upon codes of ethics and the artifacts to inculcate the ethos of the code into every day corporate affairs has included Turkey as one of the participating countries.
Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner.
Language eng
Field of Research 150399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2008, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017208

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