Off the Books, Off the Clock: Alcohol, Ethics, and the Informal Institutions of Power

Off the Books, Off the Clock: Alcohol, Ethics, and the Informal Institutions of Power DOI:10.5281/zenodo.16181604 Publication Date:2025-07-20 Creators:Anon, Anon Annotator Description:This dataset supports the article “Off the Books, Off the Clock: Alcohol, Ethics, and the Informal Institutions of Power,” which examines how workplace drinking rituals function as informal governance structures, shaping ethical norms and power dynamics. Drawing on data from the 2021 General Social Survey (GSS), this research integrates quantitative regression models with institutional theory to explore how demographic and cultural factors predict alcohol use—and how such use mediates access to informal authority, camaraderie, and moral disengagement in professional contexts. Included Files: Drink.ipynb: Python notebook used for data cleaning, transformation, and OLS regression analysis. GSS.xlsx: Extracted and cleaned subset of the 2021 General Social Survey (GSS) relevant to alcohol use, religion, gender, income, and education. ✅ STEP 1: Open Google Colab Go to https://colab.research.google.com. Log in with your Google account if you haven’t already. ✅ STEP 2: Upload the Notebook File Click on the “File” menu at the top left. Select “Upload notebook…” In the upload dialog: Click “Choose File”. Select the file Drink.ipynb from your computer (download from here first if needed). Colab will automatically open the notebook once uploaded. ✅ STEP 3: Upload the Dataset (GSS.xlsx) In your notebook: Add a new code cell at the top (if not already present). Paste the following code to upload GSS.xlsx: python CopiarEditar from google.colab import files uploaded = files.upload() Run the cell (Shift + Enter). A file upload box will appear—select GSS.xlsx. Once uploaded, the file is available in your Colab session. ✅ STEP 4: Run the Notebook Simply run each cell in the notebook using Shift + Enter. Make sure the code references the file exactly as GSS.xlsx. If your code has a different filename, update it accordingly: python CopiarEditar import pandas as pd df = pd.read_excel('GSS.xlsx') ✅ Optional: Mount Google Drive (to save or load from Drive) python CopiarEditar from google.colab import drive drive.mount('/content/drive') This allows you to load or save files directly from your Google Drive. Licenses:Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Copyright:© 2025 The Authors. Keywords:alcohol, ethics, informal institutions, workplace rituals, religion, gender, regression, General Social Survey, moral disengagement Languages:English Version:1.0 Publisher:Zenodo Funding:Not externally funded.