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Publication date: 12 September 2016

Anna Paolillo, Silvia A. Silva and Margherita Pasini

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of diversity climate and inclusion climate on safety participation behaviors through the mediating effect of the motivation…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of diversity climate and inclusion climate on safety participation behaviors through the mediating effect of the motivation to actively promote safety at work.

Design/methodology/approach

Participants were 491 workers employed in four Italian metal-mechanical companies. They completed a paper questionnaire containing measures of psychological diversity climate, psychological inclusion climate, safety motivation participation and safety participation behaviors. Data were analyzed with structural equation modeling.

Findings

Results showed that safety participation motivation fully mediates the relationship between diversity climate and safety participation behaviors, whereas it partially mediates the relationship between climate for inclusion and safety participation behaviors.

Practical implications

The present findings can help managers to motivate employees in pursuing safety goals independently of compensation or obligation by creating an organization in which the main concern is caring for each other’s well-being.

Originality/value

This is the first study which has empirically tested the relationships between diversity climate, inclusion climate and safety behaviors. It has extended previous research which simply tested the effects of objective types of diversity on safety performance.

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International Journal of Workplace Health Management, vol. 9 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1753-8351

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Publication date: 8 February 2016

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Journal of Managerial Psychology, vol. 31 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0268-3946

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Publication date: 22 May 2009

Anna M. Cianci and James Lloyd Bierstaker

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of performance feedback and client importance on auditors' self‐ and public‐focused ethical judgments.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of performance feedback and client importance on auditors' self‐ and public‐focused ethical judgments.

Design/methodology/approach

An experiment is conducted in which 71 auditors are assigned to one of four conditions created by fully crossing performance feedback (positive and negative) and client importance (high and low).

Findings

Consistent with expectations, auditors who receive positive (negative) feedback make more (less) ethical judgments in a self‐focused task (a judgment that produces consequences that are relevant for the auditor). Auditors also make more (less) ethical judgments in a public‐focused task (a judgment that has consequences for both the auditor and the public) when auditing a less (more) important client. Finally, auditors who receive positive feedback and audit a less important client make more ethical judgments in both tasks than all other auditors.

Practical implications

These findings suggest that auditors are susceptible to pressures from negative feedback and client importance, even in situations where their decisions will have public consequences, despite regulatory changes intended to enhance audit quality.

Originality/value

This is the first paper that provides evidence that different sources of pressure (performance feedback and client importance) differentially affect ethical tasks differing in decision consequences (self‐ and public‐focused). Such evidence suggests the importance of matching pressure source to ethical task type.

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Managerial Auditing Journal, vol. 24 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0268-6902

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Publication date: 12 January 2010

Nando Malmelin

The purpose os this article is to identify ecomical and cultural dimensions of responsible business conduct in the advertising industry. The article is based on an interview study…

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Purpose

The purpose os this article is to identify ecomical and cultural dimensions of responsible business conduct in the advertising industry. The article is based on an interview study with 15 leading experts in advertising agencies in Finland. A focus in these interviews was on how the phenomenon of responsible business is understood and reflected in the advertising industry. The focus in this article is to analyse the responsibilities of the advertising business, with special reference to the challenges that lie ahead for the profession.

Design/methodology/approach

The data were collected in focused interviews. The interviews were conducted with the managers of the five biggest advertising agencies in Finland: managing directors and managers or leading experts responsible for strategic planning and creative design. The aim was to find out how advertising professionals experience, interpret and value the social responsibilities of experts and businesses in the advertising industry.

Findings

Executives of advertising agencies consider it their prime responsibility to ensure the profitability of their clients as well as their own business. The emphasis is firmly on business targets and responsibilities, whereas other stakeholders are largely ignored and the other questions of social responsibility seem remote and alien. Advertising professionals are interested in social themes and concerns if they are central to their client companies' strategies. Agencies have not yet adopted the principles of responsible business as part of their everyday operation and strategic decision‐making.

Originality/value

The article shows what kind of stakeholders and related values and interests are involved in the advertising business and profession of advertising executives.

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Business Strategy Series, vol. 11 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1751-5637

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