000			01007nab a22001217a 4500
008			160615b1996 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aAdams, Janet S
245			_aEthics in family and non-family-owned firms _can exploratory study / Adams, Janet S.
260			_c1996
300			_a157 - 170
520			_aLimited research on ethics in family business leads to competing arguments regarding whether family firms are more, less or equally as ethical as non-family controlled firms. Comparing structured interview data from 214 respondents in family firms with a proportionally matched sample of 230 respondents in non-family-owned firms, we found few - but important - differences in ethics-related attitudes, behavior and experiences. Fewer family-owned businesses had formal codes of ethics. They were more likely to employ informal methods to promote ethical behavior, with role modeling of expected behaviors regarded as more important than in non-family firms.
773			_aFamily Business Review _dJun
999			_c43538 _d43538