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The Ethical Outlook of Micro Business Operators

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  • Stuart Dawson
  • John Breen
  • Lata Satyen

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This paper reports the findings of an investigation into the ethical outlook of micro business operators. The study was conducted in Australia and is the first such examination of ethical perspectives in this segment of the business population. Micro business is internationally recognizable, economically significant, and strongly entrepreneurial, and it has a high level of control over the values it enacts. The study indicates that ethical considerations are important to Australian micro business operators. While no one single ethical perspective was dominant, nonreligious beliefs and principles were found to be the most important determinant of their ethical values. Some variation was discovered in operator attitudes based on age, gender, and education.

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  • Stuart Dawson & John Breen & Lata Satyen, 2002. "The Ethical Outlook of Micro Business Operators," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(4), pages 302-313, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:40:y:2002:i:4:p:302-313
    DOI: 10.1111/1540-627X.00059
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