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National Ethical Institutions and Social Entrepreneurship

National Ethical Institutions and Social Entrepreneurship

Etayankara Muralidharan, Saurav Pathak
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 24
ISBN13: 9781522525684|ISBN10: 1522525688|EISBN13: 9781522525691
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-2568-4.ch017
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Muralidharan, Etayankara, and Saurav Pathak. "National Ethical Institutions and Social Entrepreneurship." Handbook of Research on Human Factors in Contemporary Workforce Development, edited by Bryan Christiansen and Harish C. Chandan, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 379-402. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2568-4.ch017

APA

Muralidharan, E. & Pathak, S. (2017). National Ethical Institutions and Social Entrepreneurship. In B. Christiansen & H. Chandan (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Human Factors in Contemporary Workforce Development (pp. 379-402). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2568-4.ch017

Chicago

Muralidharan, Etayankara, and Saurav Pathak. "National Ethical Institutions and Social Entrepreneurship." In Handbook of Research on Human Factors in Contemporary Workforce Development, edited by Bryan Christiansen and Harish C. Chandan, 379-402. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-2568-4.ch017

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Abstract

Using insights from institutional theory, the chapter proposes understanding ethics as national institutions that deeply influence social entrepreneurship. Moreover, the chapter proposes that low behavioral ethical standards (normative ethical institutions) provide opportunities for individuals to establish social enterprises. Furthermore, it proposes that high public-sector ethical standards (regulatory ethical institutions) and values of unselfishness (cognitive ethical institutions) facilitate and motivate individuals to establish social enterprises. The chapter also explores the combined effects of public-sector ethical standards and low behavioral ethics, public-sector ethical standards and societal unselfishness, and low behavioral ethics and unselfishness, on the creation of social enterprises. The chapter contributes to cross-cultural comparative entrepreneurship by suggesting, through a multilevel framework, the effects of societal-level ethical institutions on the creation of social enterprises.

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