RT Article
T1 Examining the Effects of Moral Development Level, Self-Concept,and Self-Monitoring on Consumers’ Ethical Attitudes
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 88
IS 1
SP 115
OP 135
A1 Kavak, Bahtışen
A1 Gürel, Eda
A1 Eryiğit, Canan
A1 Tektaş, Öznur Özkan
A2 Gürel, Eda
A2 Eryiğit, Canan
A2 Tektaş, Öznur Özkan
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785635115
AB This study investigates the possible effects of self-concept, self-monitoring, and moral development level on dimensions of consumers’ ethical attitudes. “Actively benefiting from illegal activities,” “actively benefiting from deceptive practices,” and “no harm/no foul 1–2” are defined by factor analysis as four dimensions of Turkish consumers’ ethical attitudes. Logistic regression analysis is applied to data collected from 516 Turkish households. Results indicate that self-monitoring and moral development level predicted consumer ethics in relation to “actively benefiting from questionable practices” and “no harm/no foul” dimensions. Actual self-concept is also a predictor variable in relation to “no harm/no foul” dimension. Age and gender make significant differences in consumers’ ethical attribute dimensions.
K1 Turkey
K1 Self-concept
K1 self-monitoring
K1 moral development level
K1 Consumer ethics
DO 10.1007/s10551-009-0114-0