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A comparative analysis of ethical beliefs: A four country study

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This study examines the extent to which business students from Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan react differently to ethical dilemmas involving employees, supervisors, customers, suppliers, and business rivals. The empirical results show that the national origin of the students does have an impact on their reactions to particular ethical dilemmas. In addition, the results indicate that controlling for the problem of social desirability response bias is important to ensure the validity of the empirical findings.

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  1. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

    Mee-Kau Nyaw & Ignace Ng

  2. School of Business, University of Victoria, V8W 3P1, Victoria, B.C., Canada

    Mee-Kau Nyaw & Ignace Ng

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Nyaw, MK., Ng, I. A comparative analysis of ethical beliefs: A four country study. J Bus Ethics 13, 543–555 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00881299

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