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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
An Analysis on Ethical Climate and Ethical Judgment among Public
Sector Employees in Malaysia
Author(s): Amalina Abdullah, Zunaidah Sulong, Ridzwana Mohd Said
Citation: Amalina Abdullah, Zunaidah Sulong, Ridzwana Mohd Said, (2014) "An Analysis on Ethical Climate and Ethical Judgment among Public Sector Employees in Malaysia," Journal of Applied Business and Economics, Vol. 16, Iss. 2, pp. 133-142
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
Many unethical business practices have alerted the deterioration of ethicalness among employees of
public sector. As such, the public is skeptical towards the ethical issues in public sector and accuses them
of forming unethical judgments. Specifically, this study aims to analyse the influence of ethical judgments
on the intention towards unethical behavioural practices among employees in selected Malaysian public
sectors. The data is analysed using a simple regression analysis based on 151 responses of a
questionnaire survey. However, the overall finding of this study has shown a positive significant
relationship between ethical climate and ethical judgment of employees’ behaviour on selected financial
decisions in Malaysian public sectors. Hence, it will be useful to those in public sector in their effort to
improve ethical awareness and ethical judgments. Recommendations are highlighted on how to improve
the credibility and viability of public service delivery system towards national prosperity.
