Ethical Perceptions Research Articles

Localised medical moralities: organ trafficking and Israeli medical professionals

ABSTRACT Organ trafficking is widely recognised as a human rights concern. Medical professionals play a decisive role in bringing international norms regarding organ trafficking into the local context as translators and localisers. In Israel, this localisation reflects the tensions and gaps between global and local values, moralities and beliefs. Based on in-depth interviews with 92 stakeholders, this article examines the Israeli medical professionals’ approach toward organ trafficking, the moral conflicts, challenges and dilemmas they faced given these tensions and gaps, and their attempts to address them in practice. The findings reveal that many Israeli healthcare professionals subscribed to an ambivalent stance on organ trafficking and a non-judgmental approach towards patients who engage in organ trafficking, preferring to turn a blind eye to this phenomenon. They internalised key aspects of the deeply rooted local ethical perceptions regarding organ trafficking. This internalisation points to the limitations of translators' freedom of operation between transnational and domestic languages. Localisation is not merely a result of pragmatic compromises but stems from the localisers' identification with local moralities. This study contributes to understanding the role of professionals in processes of societal change and the complex ramifications of this role.

Study of Perceptions of Social Media Users Regarding Digital Ethics

This study aims to determine: 1) an overview of the social demographic characteristics of social media users, 2) knowledge of social media users regarding digital ethics, and 3) perceptions of social media users regarding digital ethics from the social media they use. The method of collecting data in the field is a survey using a questionnaire distributed to respondents online with the help of google forms and sampling is done by purposive sampling, with a total sample of 250 respondents. The variables used in this study include: demographic and social characteristics, user knowledge of ethics in the use of social media, and user perceptions of ethics in the use of social media. The data analysis technique used descriptive analysis. The description of the knowledge of social media users regarding digital ethics includes the Law on Information and Electronic Transactions (UU ITE) and the regulations and sanctions contained in the ITE Law, it was found that most respondents stated they knew, while there was a large percentage of respondents answered that expressed Doubtful and didn't know, as well as a small percentage of answers: knew very well and didn't really know. Respondents' perceptions of digital ethics include privacy and security, ethics in posting on social media, cyber bullying, Hoax, plagiarism, End-User piracy, Software Piracy, Unauthorized Use, Hackers, Terms of use, Personnel security, Fair Use, it was obtained that the outline has a positive perception and only a small percentage of respondents have a negative perception.

Pengaruh Lobe Of Money dan Machiavellian Terhadap Persepsi Mahasiswa Akuntansi

This study aims to determine first, how the variable Love of money affects the Ethical Perceptions of Accounting Students at the University of Flores. Second, to determine the influence of Machiavellian on the Ethical Perceptions of Accounting Students at the University of Flores. This research was conducted at the University of Flores Educational Institute, with a total population of 532 accounting students. Samples taken were 56 respondents. This study uses a quantitative approach. The method used in this research is to distribute questionnaires to students who have programmed business and professional ethics courses. In this research, several tests were used including instrument test, classical assumption test and hypothesis test. The results of this study indicate that (1) Love of money has a negative and significant effect on students' ethical perceptions. (2) Machiavellian also has a negative and significant effect on ethical perceptions of accounting students. (3) Love of money and Machiavellian together have a negative and significant effect. significant towards ethical perceptions.

Can social media data be freely used? Participants’ ethical perceptions toward using their social media data in research

In the big data environment, various systems and platforms have provided billions of data points to researchers. The large amount of user data on social media platforms has become a source for research data for many kinds of research. However, few scholars realize the ethical risks in the collection and utilization of social media data, and many ignore the ethical needs of users themselves. Users’ concerns should be considered when formulating ethical guidelines. This study takes Sina Microblog (the world’s largest Chinese social media platform) users as the research subject, hoping to provide data from Chinese users and provide evidence for differences in users’ ethical perceptions in different cultural contexts. Within our survey sample, few users had previously known that their microblogs could be collected and used by researchers, and the majority believed that researchers should not use their microblogs without consent. We also found differences in cognition regarding ethical issues in social media data research across groups.

SNS 브랜드 페이지의 소비자 간 상호작용과 브랜드 구매의도 관계: 한중 MZ 세대를 대상으로

The purpose of this study was to explain the relationship between consumer interactivity and brand purchase intention by examining social support, ethical perception, relationship quality, and intention to co-create brand value using SNS brand pages. The data were collected from Generation MZ in Korea (222) and China (285) and analyzed by using multigroup structural equation modeling. According to the results, first, means of all the constructs differed significantly between the two groups, with Chinese being more prominent than Koreans. Second, all the hypotheses except the relationship between social support and intention to co-create brand value were supported significantly. The relationship between social support and intention to co-create brand value was supported significantly only in Chinese. Moreover, the relationship between consumer interactivity and social support as well as the relationship between ethical perception and relationship quality were found to be significantly stronger in Chinese participants. By analyzing differences between Korean and Chinese consumers’ experiences with SNS brand pages, this study may provide valuable information to differentiate marketing strategies.

Unethical behaviour in the military: The role of supervisor ethicality, ethical climate, and right-wing authoritarianism

ABSTRACT Using an anonymous self-report survey of 350 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel, this study investigated the effect of perceptions of the ethicality of one’s immediate supervisor (supervisor ethics), right-wing authoritarianism (RWA), and ethical climate on self-reported unethical behavior in the form of discrimination and obeying an unlawful command (past behavior, behavioral intentions). As well, we investigated how supervisor ethics and RWA interact when predicting unethical behavior, and whether ethical climate mediated the relation between supervisor ethics and self-reported unethical behavior. Unethical behavior depended on perceptions of the ethicality of one’s supervisor and RWA. RWA predicted discrimination toward a gay man (behavioral intentions), and supervisor ethics predicted discrimination against outgroups of people, and obedience of an unlawful command (past behavior). As well, the effects of ethical supervision on discrimination (past behavior, behavioral intentions) depended on participants’ level of RWA . Finally, ethical climate mediated the relation between supervisor ethics and obeying an unlawful command, such that higher perceptions of supervisor ethics led to a higher ethical climate, which led to less obedience of an unlawful command in the past. This suggests that leaders can affect the ethical climate of on organization, which in turn affects ethical behavior of followers.

The effect of green advertising and environmental ethics on consumer purchase behavior

Purpose: This article aims to examine the effect of green advertising and environmental ethics perceptions on consumer purchasing behavior. Methodology: In the method of the research, correlation and regression analyzes were performed with the data of 342 participants using the SPSS 26 program. Research Limitation/implication: Due to the Covid-19 virus, 342 participants were surveyed in full. Not reaching all Malatya people is a limitation. Findings: Green advertising affects consumer purchasing behavior positively and significantly, the definition of environmental ethics affects consumer purchasing behavior positively and significantly, measures to be taken for environmental ethics affect consumer purchasing behavior positively and significantly, and green advertising affects all sub-dimensions of environmental ethics perceptions. It has been determined that the dimensions of the study are positively and significantly affected. Contribution to knowledge: It is recommended that institutions and organizations that want to increase the environmental ethics perception level of consumers and increase their consumer purchasing behavior should give the necessary importance to green advertising.

Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Persepsi Etis Auditor Dengan Filosofi Tri Kaya Parisudha Sebagai Variabel Pemoderasi

The purpose of the study was to obtain empirical evidence regarding the effect of love of money, machiavellian nature, and ethical sensitivity on auditors' ethical perceptions with the Tri Kaya Parisudha philosophy as a moderating variable. This research was conducted at 12 Public Accounting Firms. The method of determining the sample in this study used a purposive sampling technique so that a sample of 78 auditors was obtained. Data was collected using the questionnaire method. The data analysis technique used in this research is using PLS 3.0 software. Based on the results of the study, it is known that love of money has a negative effect on the ethical perception of the auditor, while the machaivellian nature and ethical sensitivity have no effect on the ethical perception of the auditor. Based on the results of the research that has been done, it is also known that the Tri Kaya Parisudha philosophy is not able to weaken the influence of love of money on the ethical perception of the auditors, while the Tri Kaya Parisudha philosophy is able to weaken the influence of Machiavellian nature and ethical sensitivity on the auditor's ethical perception.
 Keywords: Love of Money; Machiavellian; Ethical Sensitivity; Ethical Perception; Philosophy Tri Kaya Parisudha.

Faculty perceptions of research ethics committees: The case of schools in Manila without an accredited ethics review body

ABSTRACT The establishment of a research ethics committee (REC) is necessary in Philippine higher education institutions (HEI), but at present not all HEIs have an accredited REC. While past studies focused on how RECs are perceived by its different stakeholders, these perceptions have not been explored in the context of educational institutions without an accredited REC. The case study method was utilised in which the schools without accredited RECs served as the case in question. Using focus group discussions, the perceptions on ethical clearances, on RECs, and the absence of RECs were asked among faculty (n = 46) from 10 HEIs. The findings show that ethics approval is generally considered important. However, other perceptions about RECs exist that may have implications for institutionalising RECs. Recommendations centre on advocating ethics policies as part of the research infrastructure of an HEI.

Perception Variances between Administrative and Academic Staff on Ethical Practices and Information Security: The Question of Students Examination Records in Public Universities in Uganda

Investigations on the ethical practices and information security variance perceptions between academic and administrative staff were confirmed in Public Universities in Uganda. Four data collection phases included: testing the impact of ethical practices on information security among administrative staff; their ranking of factors likely to improve loyalty; academic staffs’ perception on the highly ranked factors that impact loyalty and, key informant interviews to substantiate key findings. Results confirmed loyalty as a stronger predictor of information security among administrative staff, which finding was considered inconsequential in matters of examination security by the academic staff. Whereas job satisfaction, high salaries, training and development were reported to increase loyalty among administrative staff, academic staff ranked personal integrity and commitment to excellence as most important. The varying perceptions could be attributed to divergent personal values, different technical and or professional backgrounds and corporate cultures. Findings provide new information security policy interventions, highlight the departure from conventional approaches of fighting examination security vices and call for innovations that address diverse stakeholders’ work dynamics. Key recommendations include stringent recruitment practices, rapid re-skilling and regular sensitisation, improved remuneration, and high scores on examination security attributes in performance agreements for all staff handling examinations. Undertaking a single study to investigate the different perceptions of both administrative and academic staff using a four step procedural interrelated approach is a major methodological contribution to research quality. The conceptualised ethical practices’ dimensions could stimulate current debate in Universities.

Determining the effects of nurses’ hospital ethical climate perceptions on job satisfaction

Amaç: Kamu hastanelerindeki hemşirelerin çalıştıkları hastanelerdeki hastane etik iklimi algılamalarının iş doyumu üzerine etkisinin belirlenmesi amacıyla planlanmıştır.Yöntemler: Üniversite ve devlet hastanelerinde çalışan ve araştırmaya katılmayı kabul eden 273 hemşireden tanıtıcı bilgi formu, Hastane Etik İklim Ölçeği (HEİÖ) ve İş Doyumu Ölçeği ile veriler toplanmıştır. Verilerin değerlendirilmesinde Pearson Momentler Çarpımı korelasyon analizi, Durbin Watson testi, Lineer Regresyon analizi, t Testi, Tek Yönlü Varyans analizi (ANOVA), Dunnet T3 Post Hoc testi, Kurskal Wallis H testi, Mann Whitney U testi kullanılmıştır. Bulgular: Hemşirelerin %96’sı kadın, %53,8’ i evli, %46,5’ i hemşirelik lisans mezunu, %7’si hemşirelik yüksek lisans mezunudur. Katılımcılara uygulanan HEİÖ’inin toplam puan ortalaması 92,44±18,05, ve İş Doyumu Ölçeğinin toplam ortalaması ise 3,38±67 olup aralarında pozitif bir ilişki bulunmaktadır (p<0.05, r=0.539). Katılımcılardan mesleğini severek yapan ve hizmet içi eğitim alanların toplam Hastane Etik İklimi ve İş Doyumu puanları arasında istatistiki açıdan anlamlı fark vardır (p<0,05).Sonuç: Hemşirelerin hastane etik ikim algılarının ve iş doyumu genel puan ortalamalarının yüksek olduğu, etik iklim algısının arttıkça iş doyumu düzeylerinin arttığı saptanmıştır.

Ethical and legal balance of modern economic intelligence

AbstractAgainst the background of the economic confrontation between Western countries and China, it is evident that the concept of economic intelligence is changing, manifesting itself in several planes simultaneously, and corporate confrontation moves to the level of protection of national interests. At the same time, the factors influencing the perception of corporate confrontation methods are subject to changes. The purpose of this study is to examine the current transformation of approaches to the understanding of ethical behavior in economic intelligence in the context of existing legal constraints. Based on the assumption that methods and tactics of economic intelligence are not static, the study aims to identify factors that influence their ethical perception. The study argues that the transformation of approaches to the understanding of ethical behavior and the very definition of ethical behavior in economic intelligence is directly related to the technological aspect, the transition of many business processes in the digital plane. In cyberspace, the psychological perception of wrongdoing changes significantly. Commitment to ethical behavior may naturally decrease due to the lack of personal contact between the agent of influence and the source.

THE EFFECTS OF ETHİCS AND CORPORATE SOCİAL RESPONSİBİLİTY PERCEPTİONS ON WORK INVOLVEMENT SELF-ESTEEM AND JOB PERFORMANCE

The importance of ethics and social responsibility is emphasized with studies carried out in different fields with each passing day. In particular, the concepts of ethics and social responsibility, which are discussed with different dimensions within the scope of their impact on employee behavior, have come to the fore in the last twenty years due to their important effects on the creation of a good working environment and employee behavior in organizations. In this study, designed in this framework, the effects of the importance given to ethics and social responsibility on work involvement, self-esteem and job performances are investigated. In this context, the data obtained through questionnaires from 220 managers and employees in the manufacturing sector were used in the study conducted in Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu and Yalova provinces in Turkey. According to the findings obtained with the help of partial least square structural equation analysis; The increase in employees' perception of ethics and responsibility significantly increases their work involvement and self-esteem. It was observed that the job performance of the participants whose work involvement and self-esteem increased significantly increased. The findings also reveal that self-esteem has a quadratic effect as well as a direct effect on job performance, that is, an increase in self-esteem causes a significant increase in job performance proportional to the square of this increase.

Normative Legitimacy Management and the Expansion of Purpose-Driven Workforces through Organizational Identity

Social-political legitimacy requires leaders to do things right (normative legitimacy) and correctly (regulatory legitimacy). However, it is more challenging to manage normative legitimacy in diverse organizations. Leaders use normative legitimacy to help align organizational values to the social environment in which it operates. The ability to manage normative behaviors is an ethical virtue and may establish a link with organizational identity. This research applies the leadership ethics and decision-making (LEAD) model. The LEAD model suggests that employee perception of ethics requires leaders to conduct an outward examination of their decisions using integrity, assurance, and pragmatism. Previous research suggests that the LEAD model may act as an ethical guide to "doing things right" and potentially fill the gap in managing normative legitimacy by influencing organizational identity. The results conclude that outward examinations account for employee perceptions and that the LEAD model is a suitable ethical leadership concept. Integrity, assurance, and pragmatism have significant positive relationships with and predict organizational identity. The findings reveal that the LEAD model discerns ethical leadership behavior, appropriately manages normative legitimacy, and creates a purpose-driven workforce by developing organizational identity.

Assuring Food Security: Consumers’ Ethical Risk Perception of Meat Substitutes

The world’s growing population requires an adequate supply of protein to maintain food security, but animal protein production is limited by the finite resources of land, fresh water, and ocean capacity. Several meat substitutes offer protein alternatives that may improve food security in less-developed economies. However, perceptions of difference in the ethical risk associated with consumption of plant-based substitutes (PM) vs. cultured meat (CM) may affect purchases of these products. This study examined differences in ethical risk perception using online survey data gathered in 2020. An ordered logit technique yielded the probabilities of changes in ethical risk perception influenced by demographic attributes, views about the technology, and adequacy of industry regulations. The results show that consumers associated PM with low ethical risk. Educated consumers were more likely to agree that the ethical risks of CM are higher than PM and to regard PM products as safer than CM. Price sensitivity made consumers more likely to agree that the ethical risks related to CM are higher than those related to PM. Ingredient safety concerns increased the ethical risk perception of CM. Consumers perceiving the meat substitute classification to be unclear were more likely to assign a higher ethical risk to CM than PM. The perception of ethical risk associated with CM was greater than that associated with PM if meat substitute industry regulations were inadequate. The results suggest a need to provide verifiable information about each type of meat substitute as well as transparent and understandable standards and rules before these products can improve protein availability and food security.

Using the theory of planned behaviour to explain junior nurses' and final-year student nurses' intention to care for COVID-19 patients in China: A multisite cross-sectional study.

AimTo explore junior nurses' and final‐year student nurses' intention to care for COVID‐19 patients amidst the Delta COVID‐19 variant outbreak in China using the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) as a framework.BackgroundThe COVID‐19 pandemic has intensified global nursing shortage. Junior nurses and final‐year student nurses represent the backbone of the future frontline nursing workforce. The TPB is a valid theoretical model for predicting nurses' caring behaviours.MethodsA 47‐item self‐administered questionnaire was disseminated online to a convenience sample of 547 junior nurses and final‐year student nurses located in 13 regions across mainland China.ResultsApproximately 63.4% of the participants intended to care for COVID‐19 patients voluntarily and 65.6% by non‐voluntary assignment. The TPB model significantly predicted 45% of the variance in behavioural intention, subjective norms being the strongest predictor. Gender, vaccination status and ethical perceptions regarding frontline work significantly correlated with the intention to provide care.ConclusionsOur findings highlight the importance of social, organisational and family support underpinning future junior nurses' professional commitment in times of public health crisis.Implications for nursing managementPandemic‐tailored workplace training programmes for nurses/student nurses that emphasize on self‐care and ethical issue discussions are warranted. Hospital managers should collaborate with community partners to offer additional family support for nurses in need.

Influence of Ethical Culture, Locus of Control, and Money Ethics on Ethical Perceptions of Tax Evasion

This study aims to prove the ethical culture, locus of control, and money ethics on the ethical perception of tax evasion. The independent variables used in this study are ethical culture, locus of control, and money ethics, while the dependent variable is the ethical perception of tax evasion. This research was conducted at Pamulang University. The research method used is descriptive quantitative. The type of data used is primary data in a questionnaire distributed to Pamulang University Accounting Students online using a google form. Samples were collected by the accidental sampling method (convenience sampling). Respondents used for this study sample were 125 people with specific criteria to obtain 100 samples. Data processing using SPSS version 25.0 for windows by collecting data and related data is then calculated ethical culture, locus of control, and money ethics through testing using multiple linear regression analysis methods. This study indicates that partial ethical culture does not affect ethical perceptions of tax, locus of control affects the ethical perception of tax evasion, and money ethics has no effect on tax evasion. At the same time, the test results show that ethical culture, locus of control, and money ethics affect the ethical perception of tax evasion

Ethical Perceptions Of Accounting Students: The Role Of The God Locus Of Control, Moral Disengagement, And Love Of Money

The present study attempts to examine the effect of the God locus of control on ethical perceptions of accounting students and then further explore the psychological mechanism underlying this effect. We established a mediation and moderation model based on social cognitive theory and locus of control theory in which moral disengagement as mediator and love of money as moderator on the God locus of control and ethical perceptions. This study involved 324 participants through a series of online questionnaires. The moderated mediation analysis using Hayes's Macro Process demonstrated that the God locus control was negatively associated with moral disengagement and positively related to ethical perception. Moral disengagement is negatively associated with ethical perception and partially mediates the relationship between the God locus of control and ethical perception. As expected, the love of money plays an essential role as a boundary condition in the relationship between the God locus of control and ethical perceptions, but not for moral disengagement and ethical perceptions relationship. This study is the first empirical evidence to explore the role of the God locus of control on moral disengagement and ethical perceptions.

Analisis Persepsi Mahasiswa Akuntansi Terhadap Etika Profesi Akuntan


 The purpose of this research is to know the difference between the perceptions of early student accounting and final level students, and the difference in perception among unemployed accounting students and accounting students who are working.The research method used is research using research in the form of data collection using questionnaires. This research uses a comparative method that is used to know whether between two variables or more there is a difference in an aspect. The sample selection is done by Acidental Sampling. The sample amounted to 211 respondents, using the calculation formula Slovin.The results of the T test show that only variables of early-level accounting students and final-level accounting students occur differences in perception of the profession ethics of accountants with the value of Thitung (2.353) > This (1.998) with the result of 0.03. As for the variable students accounting has not worked and accounting students are working no difference in perception against the ethics of the profession of accountants with the value of Thitung (0.237) < This (1.998) with a result of 0.815.
 Keywords: accounting perceptionevel accounting, profession accountants.

The Concept of Professional Ethics and Debates on Professional Ethics in the Legal Profession: The Case of Ankara

The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which professional ethics, which is a criterion of professionalism, is realized for public sector lawyers and corporate lawyers (including lawyers working in law offices) and for self-employed lawyers, and to compare and evaluate the findings. This study examined how the problem of professional ethics in the practice of law is handled according to the professional status of lawyers (self-employed, public and corporate), and it aims to contribute to the literature by focusing on both the perceptions and expectations of the two groups regarding professional ethics. The findings obtained from the research were evaluated by considering the Attorneys’ Act, the Code of Professional Conduct, and professional practices. It was observed that there is a significant difference between perceptions and expectations of all lawyers participating in the research, without a distinction between public sector and corporate or self-employed, regarding compliance with professional ethics. When the professional ethics perceptions of self-employed lawyers and of public sector and corporate lawyers are compared, no significant difference is found. However, in terms of professional ethical expectations, it is observed that there are significant differences between the two groups regarding some ethical dimensions.