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Exploring the Assessment Model of Corporate Ethics Influencing Organizational Performance

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  • Cheng-Wen Lee
  • Chin Kun Chang

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The purpose of this paper is to explore the appropriate assessment model for examining the relationship between corporate ethics and organizational performance. First, this study discusses the level of ethical cognition of employees, and then, discusses whether corporate ethics whatever internal and external factors are related to organizational performance. Also, this paper states the ethics of employees from the aspects of laws and regulations, employee’s interests, organizational mission, and so on. Company’s ability of implementing corporate ethics is also an important factor of affecting the practitioner’s cognition concerning about corporate ethics and further manipulating organizational business performance. Those companies with belief in doing good corporate ethics have created better organizational performance. The result findings of this study can benefit both academic researchers and practitioners gain new insights in quantifying organizational performance by focusing on the perspective of corporate ethics. JEL classification numbers: J53, L21, M10.

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  • Cheng-Wen Lee & Chin Kun Chang, 2021. "Exploring the Assessment Model of Corporate Ethics Influencing Organizational Performance," Advances in Management and Applied Economics, SCIENPRESS Ltd, vol. 11(2), pages 1-1.
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    Keywords

    Corporate Social Responsibility; Business Ethics; Organizational Performance.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • L21 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Business Objectives of the Firm
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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