Perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers

This paper examines the perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers. It is based on the opinions of 15 hypothetical ethical/unethical business situations from the 81 managers who agreed to participate in the survey. The findings of this study showed that these Malaysian managers have high ethical...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Abdul Rashid, Md. Zabid, Alsagoff, Syed Kadir
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اللغة:English
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منشور في: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1993
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40286/1/Perceived%20ethical%20values%20of%20Malaysian%20managers.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40286/7/BF01666537.pdf
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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:40286 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40286/ Perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers Abdul Rashid, Md. Zabid Alsagoff, Syed Kadir This paper examines the perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers. It is based on the opinions of 15 hypothetical ethical/unethical business situations from the 81 managers who agreed to participate in the survey. The findings of this study showed that these Malaysian managers have high ethical values. However 53% of the respondents believed that the ethical standards of today are lower than that of 15 years ago. Apparently, this is related to the existence of many unethical business practices prevalent in the modern business world. The behavior of one's immediate superior is the most important factor in influencing managers to commit unethical practices. The results also indicate only a slight variation among the managers in terms of perceived ethical values by virtue of job position, job specialization, type of business activity or the size of the business organization. Kluwer Academic Publishers 1993 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40286/1/Perceived%20ethical%20values%20of%20Malaysian%20managers.pdf text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40286/7/BF01666537.pdf Abdul Rashid, Md. Zabid and Alsagoff, Syed Kadir (1993) Perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers. Journal of Business Ethics, 12 (4). pp. 331-337. ISSN 0167-4544; ESSN: 1573-0697 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01666537 10.1007/BF01666537
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description This paper examines the perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers. It is based on the opinions of 15 hypothetical ethical/unethical business situations from the 81 managers who agreed to participate in the survey. The findings of this study showed that these Malaysian managers have high ethical values. However 53% of the respondents believed that the ethical standards of today are lower than that of 15 years ago. Apparently, this is related to the existence of many unethical business practices prevalent in the modern business world. The behavior of one's immediate superior is the most important factor in influencing managers to commit unethical practices. The results also indicate only a slight variation among the managers in terms of perceived ethical values by virtue of job position, job specialization, type of business activity or the size of the business organization.
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author Abdul Rashid, Md. Zabid
Alsagoff, Syed Kadir
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Alsagoff, Syed Kadir
Perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers
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Alsagoff, Syed Kadir
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title Perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers
title_short Perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers
title_full Perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers
title_fullStr Perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers
title_full_unstemmed Perceived ethical values of Malaysian managers
title_sort perceived ethical values of malaysian managers
publisher Kluwer Academic Publishers
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40286/1/Perceived%20ethical%20values%20of%20Malaysian%20managers.pdf
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