Do Upbringing and Formal Education Influence Ethical Decision Making? A Study of Professional Accountants in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOboh, C.S
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-06T19:25:49Z
dc.date.available2019-01-06T19:25:49Z
dc.date.issued2018-08-16
dc.descriptionConference Papersen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper examined the influence of upbringing and education on specific processes, named ethical recognition, ethical judgment, and ethical intention, involved in the ethical decision making of professional accountants in Nigeria. Primary data were obtained from 329 professional accountants with the aid of a structured questionnaire containing four different vignettes of ethical dilemmas. The results of Kendall's tau-b correlation analysis and Kruskal-Wallis and Jonckheere-Terpstra tests showed that strictness of upbringing and level of education significantly influenced the ethical decision-making process of professional accountants. The paper concluded that upbringing and education are significant determinants of ethical recognition and ethical intention and not ethical judgment. Therefore, stricter upbringing and higher level of education may aid ethical decision making in dilemmatic situations at the workplace. Future theorising and empirical study in ethical decision-making should consider the roles of upbringing and education.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipInternational Foundation for Research and Developmenten_US
dc.identifier.citationOboh, S (2018). Do Upbringing and Formal Education Influence Ethical Decision Making? A Study of Professional Accountants in Nigeria. 15th International Conference on Economics and Social Science, organized by International Foundation for Research and Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, 21pp.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2307-7549
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.unilag.edu.ng:8080/handle/123456789/3414
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectupbringing,formal educationen_US
dc.subjectethical decision-makingen_US
dc.titleDo Upbringing and Formal Education Influence Ethical Decision Making? A Study of Professional Accountants in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typePresentationen_US
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