Randi L. Sims and Ercan Gegez
Abstract
Increasingly the business environment is tending toward a global economy.
The current study compares the results of the Attitudes Towards Business
Ethics Questionnaire (ATBEQ) reported in the literature for samples from
the United States of America, Israel, Western Australia, and South Africa
to a new sample (n = 125) from Turkey. The results indicate that while
there are some shared views towards business ethics across countries,
significant differences do exist between Turkey and each of the other
countries in the study. Similarities and differences are discussed in
terms of the countries' ratings on the Corruption Perceptions Index (as
reported by the Internet Center for Corruption Research) and Hofstede's
Theory of International Cultures. Recommendations for managers interacting
with employees from differing countries are provided.
Keywords
ATBEQ, business ethics, cross-cultural
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