Changes in attitudes towards business ethics held by former South African business management students

dc.contributor.authorPrice, Gavin
dc.contributor.authorVan der Walt, Andries Johannes
dc.contributor.emailpriceg@gibs.co.zaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-12T09:13:39Z
dc.date.available2015-03-12T09:13:39Z
dc.date.issued2013-03
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to assess whether, and how, the attitudes towards business ethics of former South African business students have changed between the early 1990s and 2010. The study used the Attitudes Toward Business Ethics Questionnaire (ATBEQ) and applied a comparative analysis between leading business schools in South Africa. The findings of this study found a significant change in attitudes based on a set time frame, with a trend towards stronger opinions on business ethics and espoused values. Eleven factors came out as fundamental, although they were less able to explain the variation in the attitudes than the previous study. A significant change in the rankings of variables was noted and indicated a shift in attitude toward a teleological moral philosophy as well as utilitarian motives. This shows a clear trend towards compliance-based ethics, which can be explained by the proliferation of business legislation and regulation in the wake of recent corporate governance failures and the subsequent global financial crisis.en_US
dc.description.librarianhb2014en_US
dc.description.urihttp://link.springer.com/journal/10551en_US
dc.identifier.citationPrice, G & Van der Walt, AJ 2013, 'Changes in attitudes towards business ethics held by former South African business management students', Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 113, no. 3, pp. 429-440.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0167-4544 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1573-0697 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s10551-012-1314-6
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/43944
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.rights© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012. The original publication is available at : http://link.springer.com/journal/10551en_US
dc.subjectBusiness ethicsen_US
dc.subjectEthical attitudesen_US
dc.titleChanges in attitudes towards business ethics held by former South African business management studentsen_US
dc.typePostprint Articleen_US

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