Students’ Ethical Judgment and Moral Intentions toward Business Ethics: Kenya versus Austria

Abstract

The purpose of this empirical study was to examine differences and similarities of business ethics, moral awareness, and work values across two groups of students from Kenya and Austria. The study comprised a questionnaire based survey with a sample of 237 students attending universities in Kenya and Austria. Relationships among variables were analyzed using inference statistics, and principal component analyses. The results indicated that differences regarding ethical judgments and moral intentions between Kenyan and Austrian students exist. The findings also showed that unethical workplace practices had positive associations with unethical decision making. In addition, we found that Protestant work ethic partially mediated the relationship between unethical workplace practices and unethical decision making.