Resumen

RUIZ C, Jocelyne K; SILVA V, Neif G  y  VANGA A, María G. Business Ethics and Labor Performance in High Technology Enterprises (HTE). Revista Venezolana de Gerencia [online]. 2008, vol.13, n.43, pp.417-441. ISSN 1315-9984.

This scientific article provides a holistic vision of the behavior of business ethics and job performance variables in High Technology Organizations (HTO). The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between business ethics and job performance, taking the HTOs as a pattern. Likewise, to obtain results from this of descriptive transectional-type study, a data-collecting tool was applied to a population made up of 54 people from different organizations in the technological branch who occupy management positions. Results showed that despite a high level in both job performance as well as compliance with the codes of ethics on the part of employees, the relationship between the research variables was a very weak positive, which means that while the employee improves in complying with ethics in his/her work, this does not necessarily produce any progress in job performance. The study concludes by suggesting a redirection of internal efforts in order to provide greater employee participation in training courses, workshops or lectures where knowledge is shared among the members of the organization, all of this planned and organized according to individual and group needs. Likewise, the performance of each employee in a HTO will depend on the implementation of true principles and values and on fully exploiting his/her own abilities, skills and knowledge so that the persons and entities around them can benefit from them.

Palabras clave : Business ethics; job performance; High Technology Organizations.