2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ETHICS AND MANAGERS' VIEWS OF ETHICS IN JAPANESE CORPORATIONS
| Project/Area Number |
16530264
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Business administration
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| Research Institution | REITAKU UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKANO Chiaki REITAKU UNIVERSITY, INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT, 国際経済学部, 教授 (40255170)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMADA Toshiyuki JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF MACHINE INDUSTRY, INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 経済研究所・調査研究部, 研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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| Keywords | INSITITUTIONALIZATION OF ETHICS / "COMPLIANCE ORIENTED" INSITITUTIONALIZATIO OF ETHICS / "VALUE-DRIVEN ORIENTED" INSITITUTIONALIZATION OF ETHICS / "CONTOL-ORIENTED" ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE / "FREE AND FLEXIBLE" ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE / FACTORS INFLUENCING MANAGERS' ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING / MANAGERS' VIEWS OF ETHICS / ETHICAL / CULTURAL RELATIVISM |
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| Research Abstract |
A survey of business ethics in Japan was conducted in 2004 and its results were compared with those of the 1994 survey made by Nakano. Questionnaire was sent in December 2004 to all listed corporations (3,714 corporations) in Japan, and 227 corporations responded (effective response rate : 6.1%). During this decade, Japanese corporations have made greater efforts in institutionalizing ethics as the interests in business ethics has dramatically increased in Japan. The data shows, however, that little has changed in Japanese business managers' views of ethics, including their propensity for situational ethics or ethical relativism. The data also suggests that the types of organizational climates ("free and flexible climate" vs. "control-oriented climate") influences ethical performance of organizations more than the type of institutionalization of ethics ("value-driven oriented" vs. "compliance oriented").
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Research Products
(2 results)
