INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF ETHICS AND MANAGERS' VIEWS OF ETHICS IN JAPANESE CORPORATIONS

2004年在日本进行了一项关于经济伦理的调查，并将其结果与中野1994年的调查结果进行了比较。2004年12月向日本所有上市公司(3714家公司)发出问卷，227家公司进行了回复(有效回复率：6.1%)。在这十年中，随着日本对经济伦理的兴趣急剧增加，日本企业在伦理制度化方面做出了更大的努力。然而，数据显示，日本企业经理对伦理的看法几乎没有改变，包括他们对情景伦理或伦理相对主义的倾向。数据还表明，组织氛围的类型(“自由和灵活的氛围”与“控制导向的氛围”)比道德制度化的类型(“价值驱动导向”与“合规导向”)对组织道德绩效的影响更大。

A survey of business ethics in Japan was conducted in 2004 and its results were compared with those of the 1994 survey made by Nakano. Questionnaire was sent in December 2004 to all listed corporations (3,714 corporations) in Japan, and 227 corporations responded (effective response rate : 6.1%). During this decade, Japanese corporations have made greater efforts in institutionalizing ethics as the interests in business ethics has dramatically increased in Japan. The data shows, however, that little has changed in Japanese business managers' views of ethics, including their propensity for situational ethics or ethical relativism. The data also suggests that the types of organizational climates ("free and flexible climate" vs. "control-oriented climate") influences ethical performance of organizations more than the type of institutionalization of ethics ("value-driven oriented" vs. "compliance oriented").