Ethical Climate Questionnaire (ECQ, Victor & Cullen)
About this scale
A 26-item measure of ethical work climate organized along two dimensions: ethical criterion (egoism, benevolence, principle) and locus of analysis (individual, local, cosmopolitan), yielding nine theoretical climates and five empirical types: caring, law and code, rules, instrumental, and independence.
Sample item(s)
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alphas 0.61–0.83 across nine theoretical climates. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Most cited ethical-climate instrument. Pair with abusive supervision and ethical leadership for full ethics-climate modelling.
Source & citation
Use it in your research
Need to check the reliability or psychometrics of this scale in your own data? Use the free DrAIStudio research tools: