기업 내에서 비윤리적 행동에 대한 인식과 행동의도

초록

This study examines the difference between the employees’ ethical seriousness and behavioral intention in organization by using in-basket method. We predicted that individuals use double-standards in judging ethical issues in organization. Data were collected from 154 employees in Korean companies in various industries. From interview, we first extracted representative 26 unethical behaviors that organizational members frequently encounter in their organizational life. Additionally, we relocated 26 unethical behaviors by the ethical seriousness as a result of frequent analysis. And, we relocated the behavioral intentions by the frequency. We find out that there are differences between the employees’ ethical perception and the whistle blowing behavior. Employees perceived ‘Personal-interest’ behavior more serious than other behaviors’. And employees responded they may whistle-blow when they observed ‘Organizational deception’. A closer look to the ethical perception, we also classified unethical behaviors into four dimensions by factor analysis: there are people-related, result-oriented, personal-interest, and deception. We find out that employees use different ethical standards for their own behavior in comparison with others’ behavior. We argue that employees’ ethical judgments of others’ behavior can be varied by whether they share the same organizational membership. Theoretical and managerial implications of our research for further understanding of unethical behaviors are discussed.

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