TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose – this chapter contrasts the ethical climates in government and nonprofit organizations (npos) in japan, a setting where the relationship between these two sectors has been recognized as close and long-lasting (estevez-abe, 2003; hirata, 2002; ritu, 2008). Yet, there has been little comparison of the value difference (or congruence) or discussion of how this may influence their interaction over time. This chapter explains why nonprofit partners may be more attractive partners for governmental contracts, notwithstanding the dangers of “mission drift” (young & denize, 2008) and/or high monitoring costs (malloy & agarwal, 2008).Design/methodology/approach – Using survey data from matched samples of nonprofits (441, 86% response rate) and governmental organizations (321, 64%), the factor structure equivalence and measurement invariance of ethical climates in these two sectors were rigorously tested.Findings – The findings extend prior typologies of ethical climate from for-profit and nonprofit organizations to governmental organizations. The chapter revisits the notion of opportunism, which continues to be pervasive and problematic in third-sector studies (Hawkins, Gravier, & Powley, 2011) to suggest that significant overlap in ethical climates between nonprofit and governmental organizations rules out value differences as a possible source of opportunism.Originality/value – This study contributes a deeper awareness of the similarities and differences in ethical perceptions between nonprofit and governmental organizations that can inform policy makers in government to better understand the implications of using nonprofit partners to deliver services.
VL  - 1
SN  - 978-1-78052-281-4, 978-1-78052-280-7/2046-6072
DO  - 10.1108/S2046-6072(2011)0000001017
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S2046-6072(2011)0000001017
AU  - Laratta Rosario
ED  - Richard Hull
ED  - Jane Gibbon
ED  - Oana Branzei
ED  - Helen Haugh
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Chapter 6 Nonprofit and Government Sectors in Japan: Comparing their Ethical Orientations
T2  - The Third Sector
T3  - Dialogues in Critical Management Studies
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 143
EP  - 164
Y2  - 2024/05/06
ER  -