Author(s): Nishant Gaur, Vikas Gupta
The paper studies the impact of ethics on the knowledge culture of an organization. The objective of the paper is to propose the linkage between ethics and knowledge culture. It is postulated in this paper that ethical norms pertaining in organization influence individual behaviour for creation, sharing, storage and application of knowledge. The firm can integrate ethical values in knowledge culture of an organization and can have a long-term impact. Future studies can focus on empirical research and testing of the proposed conceptual model. The main limitation arises while generalizing conclusion on linkage between ethics and knowledge culture studied through literature. The paper offers an original conceptual framework integrating ethics and knowledge culture. This model proposes a roadmap for managers to implement and practice ethical conduct while creating, sharing, storing and applying knowledge.