caa a22 4500 605483604 CHVBK 20210128100432.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2255-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2255-z How did They Say That? Ethics Statements and Normative Frameworks at Best Companies to Work For [Elektronische Daten] [Kristine Hoover, Molly Pepper] This empirical study explores aspects of how companies that are positively recognized by their workforce as "Best Companies to Work For” convey the underlying principles of their "trustworthy” culture. The study examines the normative ethical frameworks (deontological, teleological, and ethic of care) and affective language utilized in the ethics statements. Although multiple studies have considered normative ethical frameworks in individual ethical decision making, few have considered normative ethical frameworks in organization ethics statements. In addition, this study expands the analysis to include the ethic of care. Of the "Best Companies to Work for” in this study, 93 had accessible online ethics statements. Findings indicated 70% (65 of 93) of the ethics statements utilized combinations of three types of normative ethics studied, while 30% (28 of 93) used a single framework. In statements with combined frameworks, the deontological framework had the highest frequency (40%), while the ethic of care was present in 33% of statements and the teleological framework had the lowest frequency (27%). In ethics statements with a singular framework, the framework rankings were consistent with findings for combined frameworks. Using the Dictionary of Affect in Language, there were statistically significant differences on pleasantness between statements that mentioned ethic of care and those that did not. This study sheds light on how these trustworthy companies communicate (1) by publishing their ethics statements and (2) by using a multidimensional approach in their ethics statements that has greater pleasantness when an ethic of care is utilized. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Codes of ethics nationallicence Deontological ethics nationallicence Ethic of care nationallicence Ethics statements nationallicence Teleological ethics nationallicence Trust nationallicence Best companies to work for nationallicence Hoover Kristine Gonzaga University, 502 East Boone Avenue, 99258, Spokane, WA, USA aut Pepper Molly Gonzaga University, 502 East Boone Avenue, 99258, Spokane, WA, USA aut Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 131/3(2015-10-01), 605-617 0167-4544 131:3<605 2015 131 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2255-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2255-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hoover Kristine Gonzaga University, 502 East Boone Avenue, 99258, Spokane, WA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pepper Molly Gonzaga University, 502 East Boone Avenue, 99258, Spokane, WA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 131/3(2015-10-01), 605-617 0167-4544 131:3<605 2015 131 10551