Ethical Challenges and Financial Performance in the Nigerian Banking Sector

Abstract

This study examines ethical challenges and financial performance in the Nigerian banking sector. The study was prompted by the dearth of research work in this area of interest. Percentage analysis, Descriptive statistics and Spearman ranked order of correlation (rho) using Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS 21.0) were used to analyze the responses from the various respondents. Findings from the empirical result indicates that insider related credits exhibit a significant positive relationship with financial performance in the Nigerian banking sector while unauthorized tampering with customers’ accounts revealed unexpected insignificant negative relationship with financial performance. It is therefore recommended that the Central Bank of Nigeria should instill tougher disciplinary measures against erring CEOs as this could go a long way to further mitigate the rising tide of unethical practices in the Nigerian banking sector.