EFFECTS OF ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: EVIDENCE FROM THREE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA
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Federal University of Technology, Owerri, (FUTO).
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Many modern organizations are today faced with numerous challenges such as illegal
and unethical business practices in a number of business transactions. Most
organizations have come up with codes of ethics in dealing with ethical issues
challenging them. Code of ethics is the set of moral principles used by an organization to
steer the conduct of the organization, and employees in all their business activities both
internally and externally. The paper uses a quantitative method with two hypotheses
stated in the null form. Results were analyzed with the aid of appropriate test statistics.
Findings revealed that ethical behaviour has effects on the performance of an
organization and that good ethical behaviour has a positive correlation with
organizational performance. Suitable policy recommendations were offered which
decision makers in business organizations and government functionaries will find highly
useful
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H Social Sciences (General)