Do International Management Researchers Need a Code of Ethics?
Stening, Bruce Skubik, Daniel
Stening, Bruce
Skubik, Daniel
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Journal article with impact factor
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Publication Year
2007
Journal
Management International Review
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Publication Volume
47
Publication Issue
1
Publication Begin page
103
Publication End page
126
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Abstract
While the methodological problems associated with international management research have been widely discussed, much less attention has been given to the ethical dilemmas confronting those who seek to undertake their research in cross-cultural settings. Three vignettes are used to identify and explore the nature of those ethical dilemmas. Attention is directed at ways in which ethical conundrums might satisfactorily be resolved. Specifically, the paper addresses the question of whether a code of ethics would be useful for international business researchers.In an era when ethics is central to all social activities, it will be critical that management researchers are equipped to deal with ethical questions relating to their studies in other cultures. Though codes of conduct can be helpful in guiding and regulating researchers’ behavior, there are a number of other means by which the desired ends can be achieved.