Retail store managers' and students' perceptions of ethical retail practices: A comparative and longitudinal analysis (1976–1986)
Donald G. Norris, John B. Gifford
Journal of Business Ethics · 1988 · Volume 7 · Issue 7
Abstract
Considerable attention is currently being directed to ethics in business, government and academia in both the professional and popular media. Most of these studies propound that ethics have eroded over time, resulting in their current low state. However, few, if any, of these articles provide comparative or longitudinal data to support their arguments. In this investigation, both comparative and longitudinal data were collected between 1976 and 1986 from retail store managers and retail students concerning their “current” perceptions of ethical retail practices. The results indicate a significant increase in the ethics of retail store managers, and a significant decrease in the ethics of retail students.
Keywords
Economic Growth, Longitudinal Data, Longitudinal Analysis, Retail Store, Store Manager
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