An Examination of the Ethical Beliefs of Managers Using Selected Scenarios in a Cross-Cultural Environment

Author(s)

Russell Abratt, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Deon Nel, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Nicola Susan Higgs, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Business Ethics

ISSN

0167-4544

Publication Date

1-1992

Abstract/Excerpt

Academic literature addressing the topic of business ethics has paid little attention to cross-cultural studies of business ethics. Uncertainty exists concerning the effect of culture on ethical beliefs. The purpose of this research is to compare the ethical beliefs of managers operating in South Africa and Australia. Responses of 52 managers to a series of ethical scenarios were sought. Results indicate that despite differences in socio-cultural and political factors there are no statistically significant differences between the two groups regarding their own ethical beliefs. Results thus support the view that culture has little or no impact on ethical beliefs.

Volume

11

Issue

1

First Page

29

Last Page

35

NSUWorks Citation

Abratt, Russell; Nel, Deon; and Higgs, Nicola Susan, "An Examination of the Ethical Beliefs of Managers Using Selected Scenarios in a Cross-Cultural Environment" (1992). HCBE Faculty Articles. 973.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/973