The Effect of Business Ethics on the Corporate Social Responsibility

Two phenomena of the moral basics and social responsibilities are gifted to the individual and organization nature. They are the reflection of their existence appearance. Furthermore, the external beneficiary groups can also affect on the standards or criteria that are called moral basics and social responsibilities. Business ethic and social responsibility of the firm are of the subjects that the organizations should take attention for considering the sake of the social groups, the environment and the nature. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of business ethics on the corporate social responsibility from the viewpoint of manufacturers in automobile part making industry in East –Azerbaijan. In this paper, the business ethics and corporate social responsibility literature reviewed initially. Then a field study has used to examine the effect of business ethics on the corporate social responsibility. The survey's population is the bosses of 175 part making firms that are members of Tabriz automobile part making council. The number of 50 firms were selected for survey sample using the sampling formula. Two questionnaires were used to collect data. The validity of the questioners was tested by face validity. The Cronbach coefficient & retest method were used for reliability test. Regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis. Survey findings showed that the business ethics had effects on the corporate social responsibility. So it is recommended to reinforce the business ethics in the organization to improve the corporate social responsibility.