Relationships and unethical behavior: A social network perspective

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Brass, DJ; Butterfield, KD; Skaggs, BC
• 署名单位: Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park; Washington State University; University of Massachusetts System; University Massachusetts Dartmouth
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/259097
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 14-31
• 关键词: ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING; Stakeholder theory; BUSINESS ETHICS; ORGANIZATIONS; CODES; MODEL

摘要

Recent models of unethical behavior have begun to examine the combination of characteristics of individuals, issues, and organizations. We extend this examination by addressing a largely ignored perspective that focuses on the relationships among actors. Drawing on social network analysis, we generate propositions concerning types of relationships (strength, multiplexity, asymmetry, and status) and the structure of relationships (structural holes, centrality, and density). We also consider the combination of the type and structure of relationships and how this embeddedness perspective relates to social contagion and conspiracies.