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(2006) 64: 317-326 Journal of Business Ethics DOI 10.1007/sl0551-005-4667-2
? Springer
2006
Business Consumer Ethical
Ethics
Index: Measuring Sentiments Business Toward
John Tsalikis
Bruce Seaton
Practices
ABSTRACT. ment of an consumers '
The present ongoing sentiments and
study describes systematic business index
the develop to measure practices.
towards
ethical
porations behaving unethically. claims that the behavior of Enron, and WorldCom have contributed confidence and to the
Carson (2003) Arthur Anderson, to both a loss of
The Business established Ethics
Index
(BEI) is based on of consumer
the well
measurements
sentiments,
namely CBCCI
Index). senting future."
the ICS
The BEI
(Index of Consumer Sentiment) and Board Consumer Confidence (Conference is comprised of 4 measurements and were repre "past used to of
References: Science 20(3), 1996, Dodge: of Individual