BUSINESS ETHICS AND MEASURING ETHICAL PERCEPTIONS OF THE OWNERS AND MANAGERS: EVIDENCE FROM BUSINESSES IN AKSARAY ORGANIZED INDUSTRIAL ZONE

Year 2013, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 284 - 295, 01.06.2013

M. Halit Yıldırım Muhammet Saygın

Abstract

This study has been carried out in order to measure ethical perceptions and determine if the managers and owners of SME’s, thought to be pioneers of development, behave in accordance with the business ethics. Emergence of the concept of business ethics is quite old, but the concept still has the importance and timeliness within rapidly growing competitive environment. There is no doubt that ethical rules have become a necessity for SME’s because these businesses, established for the purpose of profit, social benefits and maintenance of existence, have to act in accordance with the ethical rules. The mission of today’s businesses should be not only producing goods and services but also fulfilling the social responsibilities. Businesses should respond to the needs and demands from various strata of society for the business ethics and social responsibilities. For the purpose of the study mentioned above, owners and the managers of the businesses working in Aksaray Organized Industrial Zone have been asked to determine their attitudes towards business ethics. The data have been obtained by using the technique of survey and analyzed through the statistical package for the social sciences software. As a result, the relationship between ethics and responsibility has been observed and it has been found that type of the management has an effect on business ethics and social responsibility perceptions

Keywords

Business Ethics, Social Responsibility, Ethical Rules

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