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Title: A Comparative Analysis Of Business Ethics: Attitudes of Russian and Israeli Executives

Authors: Arie Reichel; Gavriel Meirovich

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Abstract: The present study is part of a stream of empirical studies attempting to measure the business ethics attitudes across nations, economies, and societies. The major premise examined is that there is an inverse relationship between the economic orientation of a country and the ethical orientation of its people. A sample of 105 Russian mid-level executives was compared and contrasted with a sample of 110 Israelis by utilizing the Attitudes Toward Business Ethics questionnaire. The results of the study suggest that the Russian executives are more 'capitalistic' and competitive than their Israeli counterparts, giving credence to the inverse relationship hypothesis.

Keywords: Business ethics; economic orientation; ethical orientation; capitalism.

DOI: 10.1504/JBM.1998.141042

Journal of Business and Management, 1998 Vol.5 No.2, pp.24 - 37

Published online: 05 Sep 2024 *