The Practice of Ethical Work Climate within Public Sector: An Organisational Culture Perspective

Yehia Sabri Nawar and Ongwen Vasco Dagam
Claude Littner Business School, University of West London, UK

Abstract: Recently, compliance with the public regulatory law is one of the most challenging areas in most of developing countries. Where, ethical work climate is considered as predictor of regulatory compliance with public sector. In fact, paper aims to contribute to the existing knowledge on the business ethic and organisational culture through investigating the impact of Ethical Work Climate on Regulatory Compliance of public Uganda’s public sector. A proposed conceptual model to achieve research aim was developed based on Victor and Cullen 1980’s ethical orientation model applied within public organization. The field study was done using self-administered questionnaire from 64 organisations operating within Uganda’s public sector. Quantitative approach was conducted followed by deductive strategy in order to achieve research aim. Correlation and regression analyses were used to test research hypothesis as well as answering research questions. Empirical findings show that of all variables under investigation are significant. Moreover, Benevolent/ Cosmopolitan Climate is considered as the most significant predictor of Regulatory Compliance within Uganda’ public sector.

Keywords: Business Ethics, Ethical Work Climate, Organisational studies, Organisational Culture, Uganda, Public sector, Developing countries.