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Scientific notes of the Russian academy of entrepreneurship

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10.24182/2073-6258-2021-20-1-152-171

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Research Article

СОЦИОКУЛЬТУРНЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСКОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ

SOCIOCULTURAL ASPECTS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY

Specifics of ethics program application: company-size based analysis: On the example of Slovakia

Remisova

A. ..

remisova1@uniba.sk

Stankovicova

I. ..

stankovicova4@uniba.sk

Prochazkova

L. ..

prochazkova2@uniba.sk

Comenius University in BratislavaRussian Federation

2021

12082021

201152171

2021

Remisova A..., Stankovicova I..., Prochazkova L...

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The aim of this study is to find out to what extent businesses purposefully develop business ethics through an ethics program in Slovakia. The results are based on a statistical analysis of a part of the representative empirical research carried out in Slovakia in 2019. Main findings: 1. specific empirical data about the extent of ethics program implementation in companies inthe Slovak business environment; 2. the size ofa company is a factor that influences the implementation of elements of ethics program in an organization; and 3. the size of the organization is a factor which positively influences the participation of the company in a professional association and membershipin a professional association is a factor that influences the extent ofthe implementation of an ethics program in the organization.

business ethicsethics programcompany sizeprofessional associationSlovakia

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