title: Ethics in family vs nonfamily owned businesses.
abstract: This study investigated the ethical judgments in family vs nonfamily owned businesses. Respondents rated their ethical evaluations of 5 scenarios which involved ethical issues, e.g., promotion of a family member ahead of an equally qualified nonfamily employee. Analysis of responses from 120 participants yielded no statistically significant differences between the ethical judgment ratings of owner/managers of family and nonfamily owned firms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Management, School of Business, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4353, USA.
authors.forename: Frederic J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Hebert
authors.forename: Kenneth E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Bass
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tomkiewicz
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D040861:Ethics, Business; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D010067:Ownership / Q000941:ethics*; D010559:Personnel Management