¶ … decision makers, top management has an effect on the ethical practices within an organization. What does that say about the organizational culture or climate?
The fact that top management has an effect on the ethical practices within an organization means that business organizations typically reflect the ethical and moral values of their executives and top-level decision makers. In that respect, the organizational culture or climate, as relates to ethics, is substantially determined by the lead and examples set by its top-level executives and managerial decision makers (Caldwell, Hayes, Bernal, & Karri, 2008). Therefore, organizations lead by individuals with questionable ethical or moral values will probably reflect those questionable ethical or moral values at lower levels of the organization. Conversely, organizations lead by individuals with strong ethical or moral values will tend to reflect higher values that correspond to those of their leaders (Caldwell, Hayes, Bernal, & Karri, 2008).
How might this affect stakeholders (employees,...
For example, managers take cues directly from their supervisors about what is expected of them and how they are supposed to accomplish their operational objectives (Caldwell, Hayes, Bernal, & Karri, 2008). That means that the way that managers treat their subordinates -- and, by extension, the way that supervisors treat their subordinates -- is actually a function of the values and expectations set by executives and higher-level decision makers (Caldwell, Hayes, Bernal, & Karri, 2008). In the larger sense, this also usually means that the way that business organizations respond to legal obligations, public-welfare concerns, and matters of environmental responsibility (where applicable) are also substantially determined by the values of their founders and higher-level executives.
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