KOREASCHOLAR

The purpose of this study is to explore relationships between company’s characteristics, the status of business ethics education, employee perceptions of corporate business ethics, and organizational performance. A total of 161 small- and medium-sized apparel companies participated in a survey and data was analyzed using cross-tabulation, ANOVA, and SPSS PROCESS. The results show that, larger companies involved with export are more likely to implement business ethics education, whereas no company characteristic is associated with perceptions of corporate business ethics. Furthermore, apparel companies that implemented or planned to implement business ethics education, have employees with more positive perceptions of corporate business ethics and better organizational performance than fashion companies that have no plan to implement such education. In addition, companies in the apparel sector with higher employee perceptions of corporate business ethics had greater organizational performance than apparel companies with lower employee perceptions of corporate business ethics. This study emphasizes the need to implement business ethics education to enhance employee perceptions of company business ethics, which in turn promotes organizational performance. It is expected that the results of this study will positively affect the development and expansion of business ethics education programs and contribute to the foundation of knowledge for business ethics education for fashion companies.

Abstract
I. Introduction
Ⅱ. Literature Review
    1.Business ethics according to company characteristics
    2. Business ethics education affecting employee perceptions of corporate business ethics and organizational performance
    3. Employee perceptions of corporate business ethics  affecting organizational performance
Ⅲ. Method
    1. Data collection
    2. Company and individual characteristics
Ⅳ. Results
    1.Business ethics according to company characteristics
    2. Hypotheses test
Ⅴ. Conclusions
References

• Soo-Kyung Kim(Representative, GMTRI, Korea)
• Eunah Yoh(Professor, Dept. of Fashion Marketing, Keimyung University, Korea) Corresponding author
• Eonyou Shin(Assistant Professor, Dept. of Apparel, Housing, and Resource Management, Virginia Tech, USA)