rmance of an organization, and shape the ethical environment for employees, as well (Mahoney & Noonan, 1999).
The concept of ethical behavior within organizations extends to far more than just outright theft. This issue also involves how employees treat one another and their customers, vendors and other stakeholders. Integrity among employees relates to whether there is competition among employees that is destructive because one employee wants to be promoted over the others, or whether there is a team atmosphere that is productive as employees seek to work together and do not worry about individual glory (Walczak et al, 2002).
Ethical behavior also extends to the way in which the company develops relationships with customers and vendors. Although these relationships are entered into ostensibly between two corporate entiti
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