PREVALENCE OF A CODE OF ETHICS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN RELATION TO COMPANY SIZE AND MARKET ACTIVITY
PREVALENCE OF A CODE OF ETHICS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN RELATION TO COMPANY SIZE AND MARKET ACTIVITY

Summary/Abstract: A code of ethics is one of the main ethical organizational management tools. Therefore the main objective of this article was to determine, on the basis of the results of the questionnaire survey in 607 Czech companies, whether the presence of a code of ethics in a company depends on the size of a company and its market activities in terms of the area in which it operates. The results of the survey have shown that there is a statistically significant increase in the prevalence of a code of ethics with company size but the increase in the prevalence of a code of ethics is uneven. The next finding was that there is a statistically significant increase in the prevalence of a code of ethics in relation to the increasing market activities of a company (among national, multinational and regional companies). It may therefore be concluded that the in crease in the prevalence of a code of ethics according to market activities is demonstrable but not substantial.

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