When does Ethical Code Enforcement Matter in the Inter-Organizational Context? The Moderating Role of Switching Costs

Drawing on signaling theory, we suggest that a supplier's enforcement of ethical codes sends signals about the supplier that affect a buyer's decision to continue their commitment to the supplier. We then draw on side-bet theory to hypothesize how switching costs influence the importance o...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics 2011-11, Vol.104 (1), p.47-58
Main Authors: Colwell, Scott R., Zyphur, Michael J., Schminke, Marshall
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business and Management
Business Ethics
Business structures
Buyers
Codes
Codes of conduct
Commitment
Corporate responsibility
Cost
Cost efficiency
Costs
Education
Enforcement
Ethical behavior
Ethical code enforcement
Ethical codes
Ethics
Industrie
Industry
Inter-organizational relationships
Kanada
Lieferantenmanagement
Management
Manufacturing
Organization theory
Philosophy
Prinzipal-Agent-Theorie
Professional ethics
Purchasing
Quality of Life Research
Regulation
Reputations
Research methods
Side-bet theory
Signaling
Social ethics
Social responsibility of business
Statistical variance
Strategic management
Suppliers
Switching costs
Unternehmensethik
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