Managerial business ethics in South Africa: An exploratory comparison - 1987 and 2009

  • Bisschoff Christo Potchefstroom Business School, North-West University, Potchefstroom
  • Sam Fullerton Potchefstroom Business School, North-West University, Potchefstroom
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15249/5-1-43
Keywords: Business ethics, Longitudinal, Managers, Nel, South Africa, Transition 

Abstract

A sample of 259 South African managers completed a survey originally administered by Nel (1992). The results of the current study indicated a favourable move on four of the 15 questionable ac- tions used to assess each group’s ethical predisposition. Furthermore, the grand means for the two temporal-based samples also provided anecdotal evidence of a positive transition. Virtually identical results were in evidence when the segment of 89 top managers was compared to the sample of its higher level peers from the earlier study by Nel. The results support the premise that today’s South African managers have a more ethical predisposition than did their peers of some 20 years prior to them. However, the study concurrently documents the reality that there is ample room for further improvement. 

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Published
2014-07-23
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Vol. 5 No. 1
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