摘要

現今社會的企業發現道德與創新是不可或缺的企業競爭元素. 根據Bowman (1984), 大部分的負面企業形象是因白領犯罪所造成. 因此突顯了到的的重要性. 除了預防類似的罪行,企業也必須不斷的改良或產出對消費者有用的新產品已變企業可以在同行中生存.當企業在這樣艱難的狀況下尋求生路,卻少有人去探討道德與創新之間的關係.
因此這份研究主要是要探討道德與創新之間的關係.不過此研究顯示,組織道德與創新之間病媒有顯著線性關係.但是這研究以獎與創新有關之變數加已減少以方便未來研究者在此領域加以探討.

Abstract

Nowadays, firms and corporate have came to realize that ethics is as important as innovation. As researches pointed that a great portion of business damage is done by white collar crimes (Bowman, 1984). Aside from preventing the happening of crime, firms must constantly come up with new ideas in order to provide useful products for their consumers in order to survive in a vicious and competitive market (Johne, 1999). Under the pressure of having to live up to two harsh demands, not many have dedicated to the research in explore the relation of ethics and innovation.
Therefore, the purpose of this research is to explore if there is any direct relationship between two among many recognize competitive advantages of present day firms. The result of this research demonstrated that there is no linear relation between organizational ethical climate and innovation. However, this research point out other variables that influence organizational ethical climate and further narrow down the possibilities of variables that might of have an influence on innovation.

Content

1. Introduction …………………………………………………………………….....1

2. Literature Review ……………………………………………………………..…4
2.1 Why is innovation and organizational ethical climate important for corporate? ……………………………………………………………………...4
2.2 Control System ……………………………………………………………....5
2.2.1 Managerial Practices…………………………………………….……9
2.2.2 Communication …………………………………………………..…10
2.2.3 Empowerment ………………………………………………………12
2.2.4 Motivation …………………………………………………………..15
2.3 Organizational Ethical Climate …………………………………………….14
2.4 Innovation …………………………………………………………………..18
2.5 Relationship between organizational ethical climate and innovation ……...20
2.6 Relationship between Variables …………………………………………….21

3. Methodology
3.1 Study Framework …………………………………………………………..26
3.2 Variable Definition and Measures ………………………………………….26
3.2.1 Control System ……………………………………………………...26
3.2.2 Motivation …………………………………………………………..27
3.2.3 Organizational Ethical Climate ……………………………………..28
3.2.4 Organizational Innovation …………………………………………..29
3.3 Pretest ………………………………………………………………………31
3.4 Data Analysis ……………………………………………………………….32
3.5 Sample ……………………………………………………………………...33

4. Results
4.1 Sample Demographic Statistics …………………………………………….36
4.2 Reliability Analysis ……………………………………………………….37
4.3 Factor Analysis ……………………………………………………………..38
4.4 Correlation Analysis ………………………………………………………..39
4.5 Regression ………………………………………………………………….41

5. Conclusion
5.1 Discussion ………………………………………………………………….43
5.2 Limitation …………………………………………………………………46
5.3 Suggestions for Future Studies ……………………………………………47

6. References ………………………………………………………………………...49

Appendix I …………………………………………………………………………51
Appendix II …………………………………………………………………………54

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