Unlocking the link: protection motivation intention in ethics programs and unethical workplace behavior

IF 1.9 Q2 ETHICS Asian Journal of Business Ethics Pub Date : 2024-09-30 DOI:10.1007/s13520-024-00218-4

Taslima Jannat, Shamshul Arefin, Mosharrof Hosen, Nor Asiah Omar, Abdullah Al Mamun, Mohammad Enamul Hoque

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This study examined how protection motivation intention and other cognitive appraisal processes influence the relationship between compliance and value-oriented ethics programs and employees’ unethical behavior. A total of 342 employees from various government and private organizations in Bangladesh participated in the study. The PLS-SEM results revealed that perceived vulnerability, perceived cost, and protection motivation intention have significant relationships with employees’ unethical behavior. However, perceived self-efficacy did not show a significant relationship with unethical behavior. The study also identified that cognitive appraisal processes (perceived vulnerability, self-efficacy, and response cost) mediate the relationship between compliance and value-oriented ethics programs and protection motivation intention. Additionally, protection motivation intention was found to mediate the relationship between cognitive appraisal processes and employees’ unethical behavior. Furthermore, the study revealed that accountants and auditors exhibit stronger protection motivation intention to comply with ethics programs compared to other employees. Based on these findings, the study suggests that both academics and practitioners should emphasize the importance of protection motivation intention as a cognitive process when designing ethics programs aimed at preventing unethical behavior in the workplace.

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解开关联：伦理计划中的保护动机意向与职场不道德行为

本研究考察了保护动机、意向和其他认知评价过程如何影响遵从性和价值导向伦理计划与员工不道德行为之间的关系。来自孟加拉国各政府和私人组织的342名雇员参加了这项研究。PLS-SEM结果显示，感知脆弱性、感知成本和保护动机意图与员工的不道德行为有显著的关系。然而，自我效能感与不道德行为没有显著的关系。认知评价过程（感知脆弱性、自我效能感和反应成本）在依从性、价值导向伦理计划和保护动机意图之间的关系中起中介作用。此外，保护动机意向在认知评价过程与员工不道德行为之间起中介作用。此外，研究还发现，与其他员工相比，会计师和审计师在遵守职业道德计划方面表现出更强的保护动机意愿。基于这些发现，该研究建议，在设计旨在防止工作场所不道德行为的道德计划时，学者和从业者都应强调保护动机意图作为认知过程的重要性。

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Asian Journal of Business Ethics ETHICS-

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期刊介绍： The Asian Journal of Business Ethics (AJBE) publishes original articles from a wide variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives concerning ethical issues related to business in Asia, including East, Southeast and South-central Asia. Like its well-known sister publication Journal of Business Ethics, AJBE examines the moral dimensions of production, consumption, labour relations, and organizational behavior, while taking into account the unique societal and ethical perspectives of the Asian region. The term ''business'' is understood in a wide sense to include all systems involved in the exchange of goods and services, while ''ethics'' is understood as applying to all human action aimed at securing a good life. We believe that issues concerning corporate responsibility are within the scope of ethics broadly construed. Systems of production, consumption, marketing, advertising, social and economic accounting, labour relations, public relations and organizational behaviour will be analyzed from a moral or ethical point of view. The style and level of dialogue involve all who are interested in business ethics - the business community, universities, government agencies, non-government organizations and consumer groups.The AJBE viewpoint is especially relevant today, as global business initiatives bring eastern and western companies together in new and ever more complex patterns of cooperation and competition.