{"title":"The influence of personal moral philosophies on consumer responses to company moral transgressions: the role of moral reasoning strategies and moral intensity","authors":"Mücahid Yıldırım","doi":"10.1007/s13520-024-00205-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13520-024-00205-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Consumers can continue purchasing from or boycott a company in response to unethical conduct. Moral decoupling and moral rationalization are two mechanisms that aim to explain consumer support for the transgressor company. Further, consumers can make moral judgments based on their moral philosophies. This study aims to explore the effect of personal moral philosophies on consumer responses to company moral transgressions and the mediating role of moral reasoning strategies in these relationships. Moreover, it aims to uncover the effects of two elements of moral intensity: magnitude of harm and psychological proximity in adopting moral reasoning strategies. A scenario-based empirical study with a 2x2 between-groups factorial design was conducted. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was adopted to analyze the data. Findings delineate that idealism positively affects boycott intention through moral judgment and negatively affects purchase intention through moral rationalization. This paper also indicates that relativism positively influences purchase intention through moral rationalization and decoupling. Finally, it uncovers the positive direct effect of the magnitude of harm and the moderating role of psychological proximity on adopting moral reasoning strategies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54051,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Business Ethics","volume":"13 1","pages":"291 - 322"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140634408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The impacts of work-from-home goal alignment on employee well-being and turnover intentions: the mediating role of work engagement","authors":"Ada Hiu Kan Wong, Francis Cheung","doi":"10.1007/s13520-024-00198-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-024-00198-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Based on the work-home resource model (ten Brummelhuis & Bakker by American Psychologist, 67, 545-556, 2012), this study investigates the impact of goal alignment for work-from-home (WFH) on personal and family well-being, turnover intention, and the mediating role of work engagement between these relationships. Moreover, we explore whether gender differences moderate the proposed research model. We recruited 701 residents in Singapore to complete an online questionnaire. Our findings suggest that WFH goal alignment is positively associated with personal and family well-being but negatively associated with turnover intention. Furthermore, work engagement significantly mediates the relationship between WFH goal alignment and turnover intention. Finally, we discuss the implications of gender differences in the research model. This study highlights the importance of goal alignment in achieving personal and family well-being and reducing turnover intention and emphasises the role of work engagement in mediating these relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":54051,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Business Ethics","volume":"80 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140634234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hamid Khurshid, Crystal Xinru Wu, Robin Stanley Snell
{"title":"Moral foundations for responsible leadership at a time of crisis","authors":"Hamid Khurshid, Crystal Xinru Wu, Robin Stanley Snell","doi":"10.1007/s13520-024-00201-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s13520-024-00201-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper analyzes perceptions of responsible leadership in eight Asia-based firms during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The focal firms were a mixture of multinational corporations (MNCs), large-sized enterprises, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In all eight focal firms, we found that the responsible decision-making of leaders during the pandemic was perceived to be guided by five main moral principles. These comprised equity-based justice for employees, meeting employees’ basic needs, ethics of care for employees, concern for non-employee stakeholders, and interactional justice for employees. We developed a conceptual map of how these principles related to aspects of four ethics-oriented leadership theories. Our analysis also identified four types of responsible leadership policies and practices. These comprised prioritizing the health and safety of stakeholders, flexible work arrangements, meeting employees’ and customers’ special needs, and financial and psychological support for employees.</p>","PeriodicalId":54051,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Business Ethics","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140634242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Say Keat Ooi, Seow Li Wong, Yusuf Babatunde Adeneye
{"title":"Green pays off: the impact of corporate carbon strategies on corporate financial performance","authors":"Say Keat Ooi, Seow Li Wong, Yusuf Babatunde Adeneye","doi":"10.1007/s13520-024-00196-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13520-024-00196-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As climate change continues to be a pressing issue affecting businesses, firms are taking proactive measures by integrating carbon considerations into their overall strategic planning for environmental sustainability. Nonetheless, the question of whether it pays to be green remains inconclusively answered. Based on an analysis of the 200 largest public listed firms by market capitalisation in Malaysia, the findings indicated that most of the firms are still reactive in managing their carbon activities; however, corporate carbon strategy does, indeed, lead to better financial performance. The findings reaffirmed that going green pays off, particularly for firms with higher levels of foreign ownership. Interestingly, an inverse relationship was observed among firms with higher levels of government shareholdings. Additionally, the firms have been categorised into six different groups based on their scope and level of corporate carbon strategies, ranging from “wait-and-see” to “all-round explorer” classifications. Taken together, these findings enrich corporate carbon and sustainability literature and offer insights into theoretical and policy implications, along with suggestions for future research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54051,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Business Ethics","volume":"13 1","pages":"245 - 269"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140586523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Becoming an extended cooperative enterprise citizen through Fair Trade: a case study of a Korean consumer cooperative","authors":"Jiyun Jeon, Seungkwon Jang","doi":"10.1007/s13520-024-00195-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13520-024-00195-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper examines the Fair Trade practices of Dure, a Korean consumer cooperative, through the extended cooperative enterprise citizenship framework. Extended cooperative citizenship means that cooperatives should replace citizenship and fill the gaps in the weakening public service sector. As dual-purpose business organizations, cooperatives have already played essential roles as extended corporate citizens. However, previous literature regarding CSR or cooperatives has not sufficiently explored the social responsibility of cooperatives. Furthermore, corporate citizenship is generally regarded as a singular and static concept. Therefore, this paper analyses Dure’s Fair Trade practices through the newly developed framework. Significantly, this article clarifies how Dure collaborates with key stakeholders and upholds their civil, political, and social rights through Fair Trade. This paper also explains how cooperative enterprise citizenship has changed as Fair Trade practices have shifted. Two implications of this research are revealed. First, the paper develops a new analytical model to explain the dynamics of corporate citizenship and Fair Trade practices. Second, the research provides details about the social responsibility of Korean consumer cooperatives based on Fair Trade that will have practical applications for practitioners in the business sector.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54051,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Business Ethics","volume":"13 1","pages":"221 - 244"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140586524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vane-Ing Tian, Wai Ling Winnie Chiu, Hoi Yi Crystal Chan
{"title":"Idealism, relativism, and perception of ethicality of employee behavior in Mainland China and Hong Kong","authors":"Vane-Ing Tian, Wai Ling Winnie Chiu, Hoi Yi Crystal Chan","doi":"10.1007/s13520-024-00194-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13520-024-00194-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper is aimed at investigating the differences in ethical perception between Mainland China and Hong Kong through qualitative analysis. The level of idealism and relativism of the informants are measured quantitatively. The qualitative analysis of the viewpoints of participants from Hong Kong and other Chinese cities offers a profound understanding of ethical perception. Contradicting previous studies, our research offers a fresh perspective, indicating that those with high idealism are not always the ones who condemn misconduct or advocate for whistle-blowing. Interestingly, we noted that individuals with high relativism frequently consider and emphasize alternative perspectives, rather than merely condemning or advocating misconduct and whistle-blowing. Conversely, those with low relativism frequently exhibit more anger, regardless of their stance. This discovery suggests that high relativism could be beneficial for facilitating communication between conflicting parties.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54051,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Business Ethics","volume":"13 1","pages":"203 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140380291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ESG myths and the objective of a corporation: optimising sustainable values for different stakeholders","authors":"Simon S. M. Ho","doi":"10.1007/s13520-024-00193-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13520-024-00193-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54051,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Business Ethics","volume":"13 1","pages":"197 - 202"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140250010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The influence of pressure on intention to commit fraud: the mediating role of rationalization and opportunities","authors":"Zhee San Kon, Yoong Hing Lim, Yuen Onn Choong, Jacy Rani Paloosamy, Boon Tiong Low","doi":"10.1007/s13520-024-00192-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13520-024-00192-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To date, much of the current research has focused on examining the direct relationships between the components of the fraud triangle theory and fraud intention. However, limited empirical studies have explored the mediating effects of rationalization and opportunity. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of rationalization and opportunity on the direct relationship between pressure and fraud intention, as well as the relationship between pressure and opportunity. A sample of 166 managers participated in the study, and partial least squares structural equation modelling was used to test the proposed model and hypotheses. Results showed that pressure was positively related to both rationalization and fraud intention. Moreover, the relationship between pressure and fraud intention was found to be partially mediated by both rationalization and opportunity. Similarly, rationalization was also found to partially mediate the relationship between pressure and opportunity. These findings suggest that pressure can increase fraud intention directly, as well as indirectly through rationalization and opportunity. This study contributes to the current literature by shedding light on the interplay among the three key components of the fraud triangle theory and their effects on fraud intention. The study provides valuable insights for relevant stakeholders, both theoretically and practically.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54051,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Business Ethics","volume":"13 1","pages":"175 - 195"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139977985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Locating the future of ESG in India’s present sustainability framework","authors":"Aanchal Kabra","doi":"10.1007/s13520-024-00191-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13520-024-00191-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>India’s present sustainability framework for corporates largely consists of scattered obligations across various legislative frameworks. The purpose of this study is to understand corporate response to different sustainability obligations in India. Through this, the study aims to understand if the CSR regime alone is enough to meet India’s sustainability requirements or if further changes are required. CSR disclosures of the top 25 fortune India 500 companies over 2 years are contrasted against their ESG risk rating per Indian and foreign ESG risk rating agencies. Findings indicate that all eligible companies are large proponents of CSR but are hardly in tune with the other sustainability obligations under Indian laws. Unfortunately, the impactful CSR regime does not appear to result in good ESG performances. In response to this finding, the paper concludes with recommendations to rectify the same.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54051,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Business Ethics","volume":"13 1","pages":"137 - 173"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139649192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dominic Christian Aumentado, Lorenzo Julio Balagtas, Tiffany Gabrielle Cu, Mendiola Teng-Calleja
{"title":"Follow the leader?: the relationships among corrupt leadership, followers’ corruption tolerance, and workplace outcomes","authors":"Dominic Christian Aumentado, Lorenzo Julio Balagtas, Tiffany Gabrielle Cu, Mendiola Teng-Calleja","doi":"10.1007/s13520-023-00189-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13520-023-00189-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study used implicit leadership theory (ILT) as a lens for understanding corruption from the perspective of followers and in developing a model that describes the relationship among followers’ schema congruence with corrupt leadership, corruption tolerance, and subsequent work outcomes. Factors that describe characteristics of corrupt leadership were identified through interviews with eight employees and middle managers from different government and business sectors. A survey questionnaire was developed from the qualitative data and administered to 114 Filipino employees. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to confirm the hypothesized relationships among the variables. Qualitative results suggest that followers characterize corrupt leadership as selfish, unethical, and discreetly manipulative, but tolerate this for various reasons such as the fear of retaliation and personally benefiting from corruption. Quantitative findings indicate that followers’ corruption tolerance mediates the relationship between experiences of corrupt leadership and workplace outcomes. Followers who perceive greater corruption in their leaders and are more tolerant of corruption have negative attitudes toward their jobs and teams. The study highlights the need for organizations to monitor corruption among their leadership, establish feedback processes, and implement organizational mechanisms to address corrupt practices and attitudes. Leadership training and employee development programs that consider the influence of cultural norms on corruption tolerance and reporting as well as clearly describe ethical behavior may aid in reducing corruption tolerance and enhancing integrity in the workplace.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":54051,"journal":{"name":"Asian Journal of Business Ethics","volume":"13 1","pages":"79 - 105"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139412475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}