THE ROLE OF EMPOWERED EMPLOYEE ETHICAL VOICE IN SUPPORTING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The ethical landscape of social entrepreneurship firms is at a nascent stage of development. To explore and potentially elevate this issue, this paper presents a conceptual model and accompanying research propositions to enhance the ethical climate surrounding social entrepreneurship. The conceptual model includes three compound constructs-ethical empowering leadership, perceived ethical organizational support and empowered employee ethical voice-augmented with two established constructs, a code of ethics and ethics training. A literature review is provided as supporting information for the conceptual model and associated research propositions. Potential applications and research implications are also presented.