THE CONTENT AND CONTEXT OF ORGANIZATIONAL ETHICS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: van der Wal, Zeger
• 署名单位: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3298
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9299.2010.01868.x
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 644-660
• 关键词: public-service values; PERSONAL VALUES; private-sector; ACCOUNTABILITY; Managers

摘要

The aim of this paper is to provide an empirical contextual picture of what is truly valued most in different public and private sector organizations. Through a series of qualitative in-depth interviews (n = 38), that were a follow-up to an earlier survey study among public and private sector managers (n = 382), a number of crucial organizational values were presented to and discussed with a selection of top managers from a variety of Dutch public and private sector organizations. The decision-making context from the interviews provides insight into why, when, how and to what extent specific values are important. A number of unexpected differences and similarities between organizations with a different sectoral status emerge from the data, which shed new light on existing predispositions on value preferences in government and business conduct.