Selected individual differences and collegians' ethical beliefs

McCuddy, Michael K.; Peery, Barbara L.

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“…Besides, [25] also reported equal findings where there is no difference between genders on level of ethics. In addition, ethical belief between male and female students is similar, which indicate that a study by [24] was supported the prior findings. Based on the mixed findings, it demonstrates that one"s ethical perception may vary when given with different ethical situations.…”

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“…Based on findings of past studies, it shows that academic discipline has influenced on ethical perceptions [11], [22], [25], [27]. For example, [24] surveyed 345 fourth year undergraduate students from six different majors in regards to explore the influence of students" characteristics on their level of ethics. The findings reveal that Information Systems students have significantly higher ethics score than those in Finance, Marketing and Non-Business majors.…”

Section: Academic Discipline and Ethicsmentioning

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Ethics of Undergraduate Students: A Study in Malaysian Public Universities

Rodzalan¹,

Saat²

2016

IJIET

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Abstract-This paper aims to determine the ethics of undergraduate students in four aspects of moral processes; awareness, judgement, intention and behaviour. It further explores the impact of gender and academic disciplines on these four moral processes. A total of 2000 undergraduate students from six public universities in Malaysia involved in this study. Data were collected through survey consists of 14 ethical statements developed based on previous studies. Descriptive analysis (such as mean), t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were employed for the data analysis. Overall, results reveal that student's ethical level was mixed. The results also demonstrate that engineering students have low level of ethics, as compared to social science and science students. In terms of gender differences, female students appear to have higher level of ethics than their male counterparts. The findings of this study provide some educational and theoretical implications.

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Section: B Gender Differences and Ethicssupporting

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Section: Academic Discipline and Ethicsmentioning

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Ethics of Undergraduate Students: A Study in Malaysian Public Universities

Rodzalan¹,

Saat²

2016

IJIET

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“…The findings from this study suggest that gender differences were not as prevalent as claimed in some earlier research. According to McCuddy & Perry (1996), there may only be a trivial relationship between gender and ethical behaviour if there is any.…”

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Attitude towards Business Ethics: Examining the Influence of Religiosity, Gender and Education Levels

Choe¹,

Lau²

2010

IJMS

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This study aims to explore the influence of religiosity, gender and education levels on attitude towards business ethics. Religiosity has long been regarded as the key determinant in shaping ethical values. The well-established scale of Attitude Towards Business Ethics Questionnaire (ATBEQ) was adapted. Religiosity was measured using the Religious Commitment Inventory Scale (RCI-10). There are two dimensions of religiosity -intrapersonal religiosity and interpersonal religiosity. Results showed that intrapersonal religiosity was a significant determinant to attitude towards business ethics but interpersonal religiosity was not. Comparisons were also made across several demographic characteristics with regards to business ethics. There was no significant difference between gender. Significant difference was found in business ethics across different educational levels.

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“…Theoretically, while Kohlberg (1969) in his theory of cognitive moral development suggests that men and women are alike in that the moral reasoning of both is based on justice considerations, Gilligan (1977) argued for gender differences in moral reasoning abilities, with males being more justice-oriented and women being more cause-oriented. The gender socialization and structural approach explanations include Betz et al (1989) and McCuddy and Perry (1996) who even argue that the perceived differences between males and females are illogical, hence the conclusion relative to gender effect on ethical reasoning abilities of male and female accounting professionals are inconsistent.…”

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2017

IBME

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Ethics guides a person's conduct with respect to that which is right or wrong, and as a discipline, deals with the methodological examination of matters of right and wrong, good and evil, virtue and vice. Several studies, national and trans-national, with student samples suggest that men and women vary in their levels of ethical perceptions and practices. This study investigates and provides the Nigerian experience of gender variation in the ethical perceptions of Nigerian business students. Nigeria, Africa's largest economy with a GDP of over $500 billion and one of the fast-growing economies in the world, is located in the western part of the African continent. With an economy that is primarily driven by significant investment in public and private investment, particularly in manufacturing, infrastructure, as well as oil and gas industry, the Nigerian economy is tremendously significant for the economic transformation of the African and Sub-Sahara Africa region. This study explores the ethical perceptions of business students in Nigeria by examining responses to ethical dilemmas. Responses from a sample of 876 students drawn from four Nigerian universities -two from the Northern region and two from the Southern region) were analyzed. Recommendations are made in a framework for ethical training of Nigeria's future business professionals.

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Selected individual differences and collegians' ethical beliefs

Cited by 102 publications

References 23 publications

Ethics of Undergraduate Students: A Study in Malaysian Public Universities

Ethics of Undergraduate Students: A Study in Malaysian Public Universities

Attitude towards Business Ethics: Examining the Influence of Religiosity, Gender and Education Levels

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