The Relationship between Ethics of Woman Executives and Business Effectiveness

Abstract

The purposes of this research were the relationships between ethics of woman executives and business effectiveness. The researcher studied the ethics, consisting of ethics in family, ethics in the social, and business ethics, that the woman executives used in their work place to generate business effectiveness. The researcher used both the quantitative and qualitative research methods in conducting this study. The research results show that with regard to the components of ethics in family, the samples, in total, always practice the components of ethics in family, which ethics in family with the highest mean is the number of role, followed by transferability, communication, and emotion respectively. With regard to the components of ethics in the social, the samples, in total, always practice the components of ethics in the social, which ethics in the social with the highest mean is to inculcate basic disciplines, followed by to instill aspiration, to teach skills, and to teach social roles and supporting attitudes respectively. The components of business ethics are in the level of the most real, while business ethics with the highest mean is ethics to customers, followed by ethics to staff and employees, and ethics to society respectively. The components of business effectiveness are in the level of the most real, while business effectiveness with the highest mean is rational-goal, followed by human relation, and internal process respectively. With regard to the correlation analysis between the components of the ethics of woman executives and business effectiveness, all four variables have relationship in the same direction with the statistical significance at the level of .01, and  the correlation is between .627 and .864.  The highest inside correlation is the relationship between business ethics and business effectiveness; which is relevant to the set hypothesis. In addition, the analysis of the qualitative data is relevant to the quantitative data, the results shows that most woman executives have the attitude in the same direction about that the ethics in family or the relationship in family have an effect on the organizational operation; if the family members have ethics and morality, they will lead to the success in family and in working. With regard to the ethics of the social, the inculcation of basic disciplines was prioritized; people should realize their own duty, role, and responsibility. Moreover, with regard to the business ethics, the personnel in the organization should be trained to cooperatively drive on the morality by that every mechanics should be prolonged rightfully for the highest benefit of the organization.