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Construct Validity of Unobtrusive Measures of Organizational Ethical Climates

Wagstaff, M. Fernanda
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Flores, Gabriela L.
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Cannella, Albert
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2021
Corporate Reputation Review

Prior studies have examined the relationship between organizational ethical climates and an array of work-related attitudes and behaviors. However, current research is hampered by the lack of knowledge on how ethical climates relate to organizational outcomes. To advance research on this topic, we developed three unobtrusive measures of organizational ethical climates based on words used in annual letters to shareholders of Fortune 500 companies and examine how organizational ethical climates relate to corporate reputation and a readability index. Results reveal that our measures of organizational ethical climates align with well-known reputation measures as well as the overall readability of letters to shareholders. Our theory and evidence open a novel path for both researchers and practitioners to benefit from an initial validation of measures of organizational ethical climates in studying corporate reputation.

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research article
DOI
10.1057/s41299-020-00100-6
Web of Science ID

WOS:000564951400001

Author(s)
Wagstaff, M. Fernanda
Flores, Gabriela L.
Cannella, Albert
Sarkar, Sayan
Choirat, Christine  
Date Issued

2021

Published in
Corporate Reputation Review
Volume

24

Start page

158

End page

177

Subjects

Business

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Business & Economics

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organizational ethical climates

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world's most ethical companies

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top 50 companies for diversity

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most admired companies

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fortune 500 companies

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corporate reputation

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letters to shareholders

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readability

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fog index

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computer-aided text analysis

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cosine similarity index

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firm financial performance

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annual-report readability

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aided text analysis

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corporate reputation

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current earnings

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espoused values

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work climate

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management

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diversity

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attention

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