caa a22 4500 465817335 CHVBK 20180323112126.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19901201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00382832 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00382832 Defining the ethical standards of the high-technology industry [Elektronische Daten] [Nancie Fimbel, Jerome Burstein] At least five sets of ethical standards influence business people's decisions: general cultural, company, personal, situational, and industry standards. Each has an official or espoused form encoded in written documents such as policy statements and codes of ethics and an unofficial form that develops as people use the espoused standards. (We call these unofficial standards values in action.) To determine whether the high-technology industry deserves its reputation for moral laxness, a pilot questionnaire was designed. It asked employees to rate the acceptability in the workplace of ethical behaviors relating to safety, third parties, and cheating the company. The findings show that employees in high-and low-technology industries uphold espoused values of safety. Relations with third parties are influenced by the existence of company codes of ethics, especially in small companies. Actions involving cheating the company need to be investigated further. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 Fimbel Nancie San Jose State University, School of Business, 95192, San Jose, Calif., USA aut Burstein Jerome San Jose State University, School of Business, 95192, San Jose, Calif., USA aut Journal of Business Ethics Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/12(1990-12-01), 929-948 0167-4544 9:12<929 1990 9 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00382832 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00382832 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fimbel Nancie San Jose State University, School of Business, 95192, San Jose, Calif., USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Burstein Jerome San Jose State University, School of Business, 95192, San Jose, Calif., USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Kluwer Academic Publishers 9/12(1990-12-01), 929-948 0167-4544 9:12<929 1990 9 10551 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer