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The proposed research is of great relevance at an organizational and business level as it relates ethical values to the dimensions of entrepreneurship and change/innovation, as well as each to each other. Indicators from a very recent literature review are being related and compared with the indicators and/or ethical values of the empirical instrument applied to a sample formed by 475 professionals who work in the highly industrial and productive region of Baja California in Mexico, which borders the southern state of California, U.S.A.
Once the instrument is applied, the results obtained are (1) the need for ethics in companies; (2) the level of ethical values when professionals perform the role of entrepreneurship and change/innovation, based on 28 ethical values or variables; (3) the relationship between ethics and the two dimensions cited in the study; (4) the “why” or causes of such relationship, which it is categorized by creating their own taxonomy; (5) all the empirical results obtained are related to gender, and relevant correlations and conclusions are generated. The study is very useful for knowledge application and business performance at all levels and for all kinds of companies and organizations.
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Moreno, W., Mercader, V. (2021). Impact of the Application of Ethical Values in the Dimensions of Entrepreneurship and Change/Innovation. In: Peris-Ortiz, M., Márquez, P., Gomez, J.A., López-Sieben, M. (eds) Progress in Ethical Practices of Businesses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60727-2_13
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