Chun, Rosa2019-09-252019-09-252010-02-092008http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/173842Industrial pollution is of both national and international concern in a context where one country’s emissions contribute to the problem of global warming. Existing studies have focused on government and regulations rather than on employees. The context of this study is 472 workers in 7 Chinese energy companies in Shanxi province in China, one of the biggest coal mining regions and a region most responsible for environmental pollution. The key findings are two folds: first, employees’ values were positively correlated with attitudes towards the environment, which correlates with their perception of their employer’s corporate citizenship; second, the ownership type of the firm had a significant influence on corporate citizenship, employee values and their attitudes toward environment. Contrary to existing beliefs, State-owned enterprises (SOEs) have much poorer ratings on all three constructs compared to privately owned companies. The results highlight the role of the government and policy makers in shaping employees attitudes towards the environment, and in turn corporate citizenship of the Chinese energy industry.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderenvironmentChinese EthicsAsian valuesPolitical ethicsEconomic ethicsEnvironmental ethicsEthics of lawRights based legal ethicsLabour/professional ethicsEthics of global commonsPreprint