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• Title: Ethics, Entrepreneurs and Corporate Managers: A Canadian Study.
• Author : Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
• Release Date : January 22, 2009
• Genre: Business & Personal Finance,Books,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 269 KB

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Introduction Most of the business ethics research to date has focused on large companies and the employees/managers within those companies. Yet, while some suggest that the ethical challenges facing entrepreneurs can overlap the ethical dilemmas of corporate managers, it has also been posited that the characteristics of entrepreneurship may pose additional challenges in relation to ethical behavior (Fisscher et al., 2005). In fact, research reveals that American entrepreneurs do differ from their manager counterparts in large companies when it comes to ethical attitudes (Bucar and Hisrich, 2001). However, one cannot conclude that since Canada and America share a common border and a similar socio-economic environment that the ethical attitudes of American entrepreneurs and American corporate managers would reflect the ethical attitudes of their Canadian counterparts. For example, previous cross-cultural research on American and Canadian business students revealed significant differences in attitudes toward ethics and ethical conduct (Crane, 2005). Furthermore, some researchers have explored cross-cultural differences in attitudes toward ethics held by entrepreneurs and also found significant differences (Bucar, Glas and Hisrich, 2003). Yet, there is little, if any, research which compares Canadian entrepreneurs with their corporate manager counterparts. Therefore, this research examines the ethical attitudes of Canadian entrepreneurs and Canadian corporate managers. Specifically, it attempts to determine whether or not the two groups hold similar ethical attitudes and, if not, to uncover any differences and the possible basis for such differences. For example, some researchers suggest that corporate managers, because of their organizational environment, may have higher ethical standards compared to entrepreneurs (Hisrich, Peters and Shephard, 2005). On the other hand, it is suggested that entrepreneurs, because their business practices more closely reflect their personal values, may have higher ethical standards than corporate managers (Hisrich, Peters and Shepherd, 2005). This research attempts to answer such questions within a Canadian context in the hope of providing insight into this important area of inquiry.

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