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Ethical Climate and Purchasing Social Responsibility: A Benevolence Focus

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>30/09/2013
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of Business Ethics
Issue number3
Volume116
Number of pages19
Pages (from-to)567-585
Publication StatusPublished
Early online date14/09/12
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

Using a sample of multinational firms in Germany, we develop and empirically examine a model to test the effects of ethical climate and its antecedents on purchasing social responsibility (PSR). Our results show different effects of benevolence dimensions of ethical climate on PSR: employee-focused climate has no effect, but community-focused climate is a significant driver of PSR. The results also show that top management ethical norms and code of conduct implementation impact PSR directly as well as indirectly through ethical climate.