Perceptions Of Business Ethics Research Articles

CINEMATIC DEPICTIONS OF BUSINESS: REALISM, ETHICS, AND EDUCATION

This study examines how business language and context are depicted in select movies, as well as their representations, accuracy, and impacts on educational relevance and societal perception. Through a comparative analysis, this study analyzes diverse communication styles, leadership dynamics, and ethical considerations in movies such as "The Social Network," "The Wolf of Wall Street," "Office Space," "The Big Short," and "Margin Call." To assess the realism of their depictions of real-world situations, this study analyzes how these movies portray business scenarios within popular culture. Furthermore, it explores how cinematic representations influence perceptions of business ethics, practices, and leadership, providing insight into how movies affect societal attitudes about business. Finally, the study highlights how analyzing cinematic portrayals of business language and context can enhance critical thinking skills among students of business and enhance ethical awareness. The results of this research have highlighted the nuanced and multifaceted nature of cinematic representations, and their educational value has been highlighted.

Perception of Business Ethics Among Students

It is generally believed that ethical perception of individuals is a function of their moral development. Since this is also developed over time given people experiences, and against the backdrop that students field of study are likely to affect their business ethics posture, this study generally sought to examine gender and educational differences in perception of business ethics among university students in Ogun state, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Our sampling frame was year three and four management and non-students from a public and a private universities in the state. We obtained primary data from a total of 227 students selected through a purposeful sampling method. Questionnaire constituted the main research instruments for obtaining primary data. Our T-test result indicated that there is no significant difference in student’s perception of business ethics based on both gender and age. However, the result indicated positive and significant difference in the students’ perception of business ethics based on their major course of study, where the management students ranked higher in their attitude to ethics in business. Similarly, there was a significant difference in the attitude of the students to ethics in business based on their schools as private university students scored higher in .The study therefore recommends that tertiary institutions should include ethical courses to all students irrespective of their majors and punish students who are involved in academic dishonesty.

Empirical research on business ethics of SMEs in the V4 countries

Abstract The aim of this study is to evaluate the level of select ethical issues in Visegrad Four (V4) countries (Czech republic, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary) and quantify the differences in the attitudes of entrepreneurs in the field of business ethics in these countries. Empirical research was conducted in June 2022 in the V4 countries. Data collection was carried out by the renowned external company MNFORCE using "Computer Assisted Web Interviewing" (CAWI Research Method), according to the questionnaire created by the research team. The total number of respondents was 1,398, of which 347 were from the Czech Republic, 322 from Slovakia, 381 from Poland, and 348 from Hungary. Statistical hypotheses were verified using descriptive statistics, chi-square, and Z-scores at a α = 5% significance level. The preliminary results of this study can be evaluated as follows: The ethical level of entrepreneurs in V4 countries is high because the dominant group showed a positive attitude towards the defined issues in the field of business ethics. The attitudes of these entrepreneurs showed that they not only perceived the importance of business ethics, but also implemented and promoted these practices in managerial decision-making. Moreover, they feel good when they behave ethically, which is a significant motivating factor. In this study, it was found that Hungarian SMEs presented the highest level of business ethics. In contrast, the Czech Republic presented the lowest level of perception and enforcement of business ethics.

Employer Branding in the Fashion Industry: CSR Actions by Fashion SMEs

Little is known about SMEs’ perceptions of CSR, sustainability, and business ethics, particularly in the fashion industry. We have even less information on the relationship between SMEs’ CSR actions and employer branding. This important knowledge gap is addressed in this study. We intend to focus on how small and medium-sized enterprises that are operating and considered sustainable in the fashion industry interpret the concept of sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and business ethics, which CSR elements appear in relation to employees, and how they contribute to employer branding. In the course of our qualitative research, we conducted semistructured, in-depth interviews with the owners and managers of 10 European businesses, bearing sustainability in mind. Our results show that the organisational culture and the reputation perceived by a wide range of stakeholders are the most essential elements of employer branding, which promotes employees’ commitment to sustainable fashion enterprises.

Evaluating Consumer Perceptions of Businesses Pre- and Post-Midterm Elections Using Business Ethics Index (BEI)

In the United States, the political landscape is characterized by biannual changes in power between the two major political parties, the Democratic and Republican parties. The shift in power can lead to significant changes in the regulatory environment for businesses, with each party having different policies and priorities when it comes to business regulation. Our research investigates the impact of political power shifts on consumer perceptions of business ethics. We collected two sample datasets through telephone interviews, the first conducted before the November 2018 mid-term elections (N=1,003) and the second after the elections (N=1,009). Our findings were surprising. Despite the mid-term elections being a significant political event and a change in power, we found that they did not immediately impact consumer perceptions of business ethics. This study offers new insights into the relationship between political power shifts and consumer perceptions of business ethics in the United States and is the first to examine this issue. The results suggest that consumer perceptions of business ethics may be relatively stable despite changes in political power. The leniency or stringency of regulations imposed on businesses by political parties may not significantly alter consumers’ perceptions of ethical behavior. It is an important finding for businesses as it highlights the importance of maintaining ethical practices and behavior, regardless of political circumstances. Our research sheds light on the complex relationship between political power shifts and consumer attitudes toward business ethics. It provides a starting point for future investigations into this topic, which is especially relevant in today’s political climate. The findings have significant implications for businesses, as they underscore the importance of maintaining a strong ethical foundation and reputation, regardless of changes in the regulatory environment. By doing so, businesses can build trust and maintain consumer loyalty in the long run.

Business ethics education, employee perceptions of corporate business ethics, and organizational performance of apparel companies

Business ethics education, employee perceptions of corporate business ethics, and organizational performance of apparel companies

The Perception of Business Ethics in the Public and Private Sectors: a Study of Portuguese Social Representations

The Perception of Business Ethics in the Public and Private Sectors: a Study of Portuguese Social Representations

Ethics and accounting education: does teaching stand-alone religious courses affect accounting students’ ethical decisions?

PurposeUndergraduate accounting program at Umm Al-Qura University in Saudi Arabia is a unique case. The program includes 147 credit hours of which 28 credit hours are religious courses. This study aims to examine the effect of teaching these religious courses on students’ ethical perceptions and decisions.Design/methodology/approachA survey was conducted for a sample of accounting students at Umm Al-Qura University. The sample was divided into two groups; the first group includes students who did not study religious courses, while the second group includes students who study religious courses. The questionnaire contained three groups of questions that aimed to explore students’ perceptions of ethics in general, students’ perceptions of business ethics and explored their ethical attitudes regarding some accounting decisions that involve ethical dilemmas. Independent two-sample t-test and multiple regression analysis were used to determine whether the responses of the two groups were significantly different.FindingsThe findings of the study revealed that teaching religious courses led to an improvement in students’ perception of business ethics and an improvement in students’ ethical decision-making. However, the results of the independent sample t-test showed that this improvement was not significant. The results of the study also revealed that male students tend to make less ethical decisions than female students.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings offer an indication for those responsible for managing the accounting program at Umm Al-Qura University to start developing the program so that some of the general religious courses are replaced with specialized courses in accounting ethics that focus directly on ethical dilemmas faced by the accountant when practicing the accounting profession.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the current literature related to examining the effect of teaching ethics courses on the ethical perception of accounting students by focusing on accounting students in Saudi Arabia as a context that has not been examined before.

Ethical behavior perceptions in Russia: Do ethics‐related programs and individual characteristics matter?

AbstractThis paper aims to analyze how individual differences and ethics‐related programs predict Russian business students and working adults' perception of personal business ethics. This research evaluates the business ethics perceptions based on surveys of 1,207 managers, employees, and business students in Russia. This study finds the significant correlations between individual differences (gender, age, education level, and management experience), ethics‐related programs (business ethics courses taught in universities, ethics and diversity professional development training), and personal business ethics' perceptions of Russian business students and working adults. We also find that individual differences moderate the relationship between ethics‐related programs and how the personal business ethics of Russian business students and working adults are perceived. These findings advance current literature by revealing that age moderates the relationship between ethics‐related programs (formal ethic courses, ethics, and diversity trainings) and personal ethical behavior perceptions of working adults and business students in Russia. Our study found that gender had a significant positive moderating effect on relationship of organizational code of ethics, formal ethic courses, and diversity professional development with personal ethical behavior perceptions. The relation between personal ethical behavior perceptions and the presence of an organizational code of ethics was negative and marginally moderated by age and managerial experience. This study contributes to business ethics research by deepening the understanding of the impact of individual differences on the relationship between ethics‐related programs and personal business ethics' perceptions.

Cross-cultural issues in business ethics: A review and research agenda

This paper reports a systematic literature review of articles published over the past 35 years on cross-cultural issues in business ethics. A screening process resulted in a final sample of 306 papers in 26 double-blind reviewed journals with an impact factor score of at least 1.0 in the field. This study uses citation analysis, systematic literature review method, and knowledge-stock analysis. This study highlights the findings from prior studies, compares and contrasts salient characteristics and provides directions for future research. This study identifies important gaps between the literature and the challenges of cross-cultural issues in business ethics. These gaps include lack of conceptual articles, multi-countries level analysis, and deficiency of comparison analysis between developed and developing countries. This article proposes to apply virtue ethics and model of cultural sense-making as some analytical frameworks in the field of cross-cultural issues in business ethics. This review of the literature could provide managers with a longitudinal perspective on how the institutional environment and national culture affect business ethics perception of employees. This paper contributes to the cross-cultural literature on ethical attitudes, helps us better understand cross-cultural differences in business ethics, and provides directions for further research.

Analysis of Islamic business ethics and its impact during the Covid19 pandemic

A good organization and business must have ethics and social responsibility according to its functions. By mapping the relationship patterns in such a business, it can be seen that the principles of business ethics are manifested in an interactive relationship pattern. The purpose of this paper is to analysis the Islamic business ethics perception in Ma’had Al-Muqoddasah Islam and its impact. In this study, the data qualitative approach used with employing interview methods as data collection technique. The findings of business ethics such as principles of autonomy, principles of honesty, principles of justice, principles of mutual benefit, principles of moral integrity related to Islamic values. Sincerity, simplicity, independence, ukhuwah Islamiyah and freedom are indicated as mahad five spirit that must attach on their employees. Impact to stakeholder’s perspective, especially parents of students have to follow dominant points to remember and adopt such as readiness, sincerity, trust to Allah, effort, and trust to institution. Ma’had Al-Muqoddasah strengthen Islamic business ethics and also enforcing all COVID-19 safety protocols.

Differences in Business Ethics Perception: A Developing Country Perspective

This research paper has been developed based on study conducted on perception difference towards business ethics between final year public and private university business students of Bangladesh. A separate legal personality or ethical judgment of a business entails a business to have its own moral principles that smears to all the features of a business demeanor and is pertinent to an entire organization. Data were collected through a close-ended structured questionnaire to depict the views of business students. For analyzing collected data descriptive statistics and chi-square test is used. Result shows that public university students are more direct towards business ethics than that of private university students. Their opinion differs in the nature of business, religious view, profit-making attitude of firm, recruitment policy of a company, strictness of regulation, healthy work environment, and gender discrimination behavior of a firm. However, both the groups agreed that the overall ethical practice in business of Bangladesh is very poor and for the best compliance, some authoritarian instructions are needed.

“Don't try to teach me, I got nothing to learn”: Management students' perceptions of business ethics teaching

AbstractInterest is growing towards including business ethics in university curricula, aiming at improving ethical behaviour of future managers. Extant literature has investigated the impact of ethics education on different ethics‐related students' cognitive and/or behavioural outcomes, considering variables related to training programmes and students' demographic aspects. Accordingly, we aim at assessing students' understanding of business ethics issues, by focusing on the differences in students' perceptions depending on gender, age, work experience, and ethics courses taken. Testing our hypotheses on a sample of 307 management students at a Polish university, and controlling for social desirability bias, we obtained mixed and partially surprising results. We found significant differences in students' understanding of business ethics depending on their gender and age (female and older students showed more ethical inclinations), but not depending on having taken ethics courses—actually perceptions of such courses worsened after taking them. Besides, work experience was not a significant variable. Moreover, course exposure intensiveness (i.e., number of ethics courses completed), and time passed since completion of the latest course, did not confirm hypothesized effects on most of the dependent (sub)variables. These findings stimulate further questions and challenges for future research (e.g., around course design and methodology, and social/cultural/contextual issues).

Business Ethics in a Global Economy: A Cross-Cultural Study Among Working Adults in Russia and Vietnam

The purpose of the present study is to empirically examine the personal perception of working adults on business ethics in Russia and Vietnam. Data were collected with the help of a questionnaire from 487 working adults (248 Russian and 239 Vietnamese adults). Significance of differences in Clark and Clark’s Personal Business Ethics Scores based on gender, management experience and ethics training was analysed with the help of univariate analysis of variance method (two-way analysis of variance method). Findings of the present study indicate that there is a significant difference in the level of ethical maturity among the Vietnamese and Russian working adults. Vietnamese respondents have higher business ethics perception than Russian respondents. Female adults demonstrate higher ethical maturity level than their male counterparts in the overall sample. Additionally, there is no significant difference in the business ethics perception of respondents in Russia and Vietnam on the basis of ethics training and management experience. This study provides global business leaders an opportunity to better understand business ethics perception of working adults across Russia and Vietnam.

GİRESUN ÜNİVERSİTESİ TURİZM ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN İŞ ETİĞİ ALGISININ ÖLÇÜLMESİ: KELİME İLİŞKİLENDİRME TESTİ YÖNTEMİ

The issue of ethics has become a matter of increasing importance with the development of industries, the aggravation of competition conditions and the spread of sustainable business visions. Workplace environment of the employees, the situations that they face in the work, the perceptions about the work and the concepts of business ethics are among the topics covered in the research. Especially, the concept of business ethics is seen as an effective factor in people's attitudes towards business. The existence of ethical principles in workplace environments is a matter to be considered in terms of the dependence of employees and business productivity. In this context, determining the perceptions of the students of tourism who are going to be working in tourism sector, ethics will be a valuable result in terms of their productivity and their commitment to the business. The main objective of the study is to identify undergraduate students' perceptions regarding ethical concepts in the industry and the extraction of knowledge about business ethics. In this research, it has been tried to obtain information about the business ethics perceptions of undergraduate students who are receiving tourism education. Students' perspectives on ethics are put forward. Perceptions of business ethics in the tourism sector, students were analyzed by the words they give answers. With the data obtained, the words used by the students about business ethics are mentioned. In the study, word association test was used to make the analyzes, frequency table was made and the concept networks were formed and relations were tried to be revealed. SPSS 22 program was used to analyze the results of demographic information.

Economics of Counterfeit Products: With Special Reference to Mobile Phones & Watches

The Indian population is increasing at an alarming rate causing threat to the economic development, not forgetting the fact that another sector that is increasing at the same rate is the counterfeit goods. One important fact that needs to be checked is why we find such an increase in the counterfeit products. The fact that the aspiration of the population is increasing, in desire to have luxury products needs to be explored. Objective of the study is to examine the attitude toward the counterfeit product in the market on various parameters. A total 1207 responses from 22 districts of Delhi & NCR were used to examine the probability of intention to buy counterfeit of Mobile phones & Watches; the study employed the factor analysis and logit analysis. Results revealed that counterfeit purchasers had lower perceptions of business ethics, implying that ethical beliefs may become the key to develop the strategies to reduce demand for counterfeit products.

Business Ethics Perception as Moderating Variable on the Influence of Management Accounting System to Managerial Performance (Study at PT Bank Mandiri (Persero), Tbk.)

This study aims to determine the effect of management accounting systems on managerial performance with business ethics perception as a moderating variable in PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk. The populations in this study were top, middle and lower managers who were responsible for the performance of ten branch offices of PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk in the city of Bandung and the population was 80 people. The results showed that business ethics perception was able to moderate the influence of management accounting systems on managerial performance.

The impact of the US government policies on consumer perceptions of business ethical behavior

Purpose The unethical behavior of businesses toward their customers is thought to contribute to a loss of trust and confidence in the integrity of American corporations. Distrust between the two parties in the marketplace inhibits business transactions. The business ethics index (BEI) was established to formally and continuously measure the consumer sentiments of the ethical behavior of American businesses. This paper aims to measure the effect of political affiliation on consumers’ ethical perceptions of businesses. Design/methodology/approach The BEI was originally developed as an indicator of consumers’ sentiments toward the ethicality of business practices. The current research uses the BEI once again to evaluate consumers’ perceptions of business ethics in the era of President Donald Trump and his administration. The BEI was therefore extended with the question: “Do you believe that because of the new president Donald Trump, businesses will behave: ‘more ethically’, ‘about the same’ or ‘more unethically’?”. Findings Data from 1,008 telephone interviews in the USA were used to calculate a BEI of 114.5, indicating an overall positive consumer sentiment toward the ethical behavior of business. Respondents’ political affiliation was found to significantly affect their perception of the ethical behavior of businesses. Originality/value This is an initial step in studying the connection between governmental policies and business ethics perception.

The ethical gap of firms’ marketing practices

PurposeThe corporate ethical behavior is a subject that instigates the reflection and practice of researchers and managers in general. Companies dedicate efforts to offer something valuable to society, making profits and usually doing it in compliance with the current legal system. Specifically in marketing activities, there is a higher potential for conflict between the business conduct and the expectations of society. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the ethical gap of the marketing activities of companies in the Brazilian and French markets.Design/methodology/approachAs a conceptual framework, the authors adopted the main theories on marketing activities, ethical behavior in marketing and business conduct. The field research was divided into three stages: qualitative research with experts, quantitative research with business managers and validation of results with experts. The analysis of results of the quantitative research with business managers was supported by multivariate analysis techniques, namely, descriptive analysis, cluster analysis and regression analysis.FindingsIn the analysis of results of this study, the authors present the main marketing behaviors in the perception of business ethics in the Brazilian and French markets. In addition, as the main result of the research studies, the authors propose a model for the analysis of ethical gaps in marketing.Practical implicationsThe paper proposes a model of analysis of ethical gaps in marketing that relates the omissive and comissive behaviors according to the pressure that society imposes on markets.Social implicationsThe paper presents the main marketing behaviors in the perception of business ethics in the Brazilian and French markets. Thus, understanding what are the main marketing behaviors associated with the perception of business ethics allows the organization to leverage its marketing behaviors that are more positive and further develop less positive marketing behaviors.Originality/valueAs the main contribution, this paper proposes a model of analysis of ethical gaps in marketing that relates the omissive and comissive behaviors according to the pressure that society imposes on markets. The model allows the identification of the negative marketing behaviors in the four quadrants designated as opportunism, negligence, recklessness and incompetence. By mapping the problems, it is possible to minimize or eliminate the differences between the marketing behaviors of the company and the expectations of society.

PERBEDAAN PERSEPSI TENTANG ETIKA BISNIS PADA MAHASISWA YANG BELUM DAN SUDAH MEMPELAJARI MATA KULIAH ETIKA BISNIS PADA PRODI AKUNTASI DI PERGURUAN TINGGI KOTA BATAM

Business ethics is the knowledge about the procedures for setting up and managing ideal business into consideration the norms and morality universally applicable and economically or socially. The application of these norms and morality support the purpose and goals in business activities. This study aims to determine whether there are differences between the perceptions of business ethics and students who have already studied the subjects of business ethics in the accounting department of a university in the city of Batam. Samples are 185 regular grade student accounting Prodi morning at an accredited university in the city of Batam. Testing the hypothesis in this study using a statistical test Independent sample T-test contained in SPSS 22.0 and the results show that there are differences between the perceptions of business ethics and students who have already studied the subjects of business ethics. This study shows that business ethics education affects the perception of students so that students who have followed the course of business ethics have a different perception of students who have not followed the course of business ethics. Limitations of this study is the sample used only students of accounting in Batam alone. Business ethics education is very important to be a provision for students and should be maximized curriculum. Suggestions for further research should be expanded samples studied, such as using student of accounting in Riau Islands and also add other variables in the study.