Factors influencing unethical behaviour in banking industry

Abstract

G40, G41This study adopts GONE (Greed, Opportunity, Need, Exposure), the Dark Triad and Fraud Pentagon theories to examine the influences of stress, narcissism, arrogance, greed and work environment on unethical behaviour in the banking industry in Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The purposive sampling technique is used to recruit 97 respondents. The PLS-SEM (Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling) analysis shows that stress, narcissism, and greed positively and significantly influence unethical behaviour. Arrogance does not influence positively and significantly unethical behaviour. However, there is a positive and significant relation between arrogance and unethical behaviour in the work environment. This study only used unethical behaviour as an indicator. Further research should experiment on other different indicators and also add intention as an intervening variable.

The relationships among love of money and unethical behaviour

“…Narcissism is considered as a disorder by the presence of obsessive craving for affirmation. The higher narcissists crave for admirations, the higher their risks to engage in unethical behaviours (Korompis & Latjandu, 2017;and Analisa, 2020). Following the explanation above, the researcher proposes the following hypothesis: H4: Narcissism has a positive relationship with unethical behaviours…”