ETHICAL BEHAVIOUR

Dr. Faiq Aziz

A Model of Ethical Behavior in the Workplace

Cultural Influences
- Family

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- Education

ion
-Religion

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- Media/entertainment

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Individual

Ro
- Personality
Organizational Influences - Values Ethical
- Ethical codes - Moral behavior
- Organizational culture principles
- Role models - Gender
- Perceived pressure for results
- Rewards/punishment system

Political/legal/
economic
influences
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Underpinning Theories

Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) Value-belief-norm Theory (VBN)

Attitude
(ATT) Values Beliefs Norm

Subjective  Value influences general beliefs, general

Intention Behaviour
Norm (SN)
beliefs influence specific beliefs, specific
beliefs influence personal norm activation,
Perceived
 Intention is the main influence of and personal norm activation influences
Behaviour human behaviour. behavioural intention
Control  Intention influence by ATT, SN and
(PBC) PBC (Stern et al., 1999)
 ATT, SN and PBC based on salient
belief which are behavioural belief,
normative belief and control belief.
(Ajzen, 1991)

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Value Belief Intention Emotion Behaviour

Employee
Attitude
(ATT)
Work Employee Employee
Ethics Subjective Intention Behaviour
(WE) Norm (SN)

Perceived
Behaviour
Emotional
Control
Intelligence
(PBC)
(EI)

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