Resumen

SABIDO-DOMINGUEZ, Teresita de Jesús; ALONSO-NOVELO, Valentín  y  BARREDO-BAQUEIRO, Gustavo Alberto. Business ethics code: an analysis of professionals´ contribution and employees´ perception about its importance in companies. RIDE. Rev. Iberoam. Investig. Desarro. Educ [online]. 2023, vol.13, n.26, e071.  Epub 09-Oct-2023. ISSN 2007-7467.  https://doi.org/10.23913/ride.v13i26.1565.

Due to financial scandals occurring decades ago, companies have had to find significant controls that support due compliance of all activities that are carried out with various agents with whom they work. The establishment of a Business Ethics Code is a good control. This work´s general purpose was to identify student-employees´ of companies in Mérida perception regarding notions related to corporate ethics in the development of their work.

Information was obtained from primary sources, conducting a survey using non-probability & convenience sampling. Results show that in SMEs, employees are likely to consider the establishment of an Ethics Code. Outcomes display that respondents define ethics as "good performance" (65.56%), followed by "good common sense" (31.48%). Respondents ponder that ethical values in the company help them to: guide actions (47.04%), to be a better person (30.00%), to progress (20.37%) and to meet requirements (2.59%). Upshots indicate that 51.11% of the companies’ don´t have an ethics code, but 71.85% of respondents specified that, as workers, an ethical behavior commitment is established with the company, therefore, the proper formalization of these commitments through a code would be desirable. 95% of those who answered, consider that adequate, timely and periodic information on rules, objectives and goals compliance in their company are of importance to know how to contribute to their achievements.

Palabras llave : Professional ethics; Business ethics; Code of ethics.