@inproceedings{SassmannshausenBlumbergHofmann, author = {Saßmannshausen, Sean Patrick and Blumberg, Boris F. and Hofmann, Monica}, title = {THE ETHICS OF EUROPEAN ENTREPRENEURS: 20 NATIONS CROSS-COMPARATIVE EMPIRICAL ANALYSES OF ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR OF ENTREPRENEURS, MANAGERS AND THE REMAINING POPULATION}, series = {AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchang}, booktitle = {AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchang}, pages = {585 -- 599}, abstract = {This paper has three main objectives. First, it attempts to develop testable, theoretical sounded hypotheses explaining ethics of entrepreneurs. Therefore it builds upon studies exploring potential drivers for ethical attitudes and behavior. Second, these hypotheses are tested with a large and representative cross national data set, i.e. data from the European Social Survey (ESS). Third, our study is two-level comparative: The sample includes entrepreneurs, managers of sme's and large incorporations, and a representative number of populations excluding the two groups mentioned before. By this, we can compare ethics in attitudes and behavior between those three groups of profession as well as we can test for differences in ethical attitudes and behavior across 20 European countries. Our results show that many theoretical hypotheses do not meet empirical proof and that entrepreneurs seem to be significantly less ethical than the other groups.}, language = {en} }