THE ETHICAL CLIMATE QUESTIONNAIRE - AN ASSESSMENT OF ITS DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDITY

The Ethical Climate Questionnaire measures the ethical climates at ind ividual and organizational levels of analysis. With 1,167 individuals tested across three surveys the results at the individual level have s uggested strong support for the validity and reliability of the questi onnaire. However, given the limited number of organizations (n = 12) s urveyed, the presence of organizational-level ethical climates remains contestable. This paper reports on the development of the Ethical Cli mate Questionnaire, includes the results of the latest survey, and con trasts these results with previous findings.