Although top management and supervisors have authority to enforce standards of behavior and the ability to lead by their own example, their impact on employees' ethical behavior has its limits. Many employees spend almost no time at all interacting with top management and may have only limited interactions with their supervisors. In contrast, employees often spend a substantial amount of their time at work interacting with co-workers. Because co-workers are likely to be involved in similar kinds of work, employees may seek out their advice and guidance on a variety of work issues, including those that relate to ethics. In fact, our research suggests that how employees perceive the ethical behavior of co-workers can affect their own ethical behavior.
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