Ethical beliefs and personal values of top level executives

Douglas J. Lincoln; Milton M. Pressley; Taylor Little

doi:10.1016/0148-2963(82)90006-6

Ethical beliefs and personal values of top level executives

Douglas J. Lincoln
, Milton M. Pressley
, Taylor Little

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Abstract

Do business executives sell their souls to the corporation? Is the organization a "paramour" in an executive's life? Is backstabbing the only way to climb the corporate ladder? The basic purpose of this study was to provide answers to these questions by surveying Fortune 500 corporate executives in the marketing, finance, and production areas. The findings are interesting as various executives exhibited different behavior regarding three types of ethical concern.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	475-487
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Business Research
Volume	10
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0148-2963(82)90006-6
State	Published - Dec 1982

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