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Financial advisors’ perceptions of ethical and effective attitudes and behaviour in their profession
thesis
posted on 2018-06-07, 08:09 authored by Gottfried CataniaUnethical behaviour is a concern in the workplace, because of the possible consequences for
all stakeholders. This issue is particularly salient in the financial services sector, a highly
regulated environment, where breaches of the regulations can result in large fines and
reputational damage to the organisation concerned. Unethical behaviour can also have severe
effects on customers, such as when inappropriate advice leads to customers losing all or a
large part of their savings. Empirical studies have tended to focus mostly on organisational
antecedents of unethical intentions and behaviour, with individual factors not being given that
much attention. Research on the antecedents of unethical intentions and behaviour has
produced inconsistent findings, suggesting that context might play a role. Consequently, my
research has attempted to study the individual antecedents of unethical intentions and
behaviour in the financial services industry, a specific context where it is salient. Malta
presents a particularly pertinent context for this study, as its profile on Hofstede’s cultural
dimensions scale has been empirically linked to a higher potential for engaging in unethical
behaviour. [Continues.]
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Business
Publisher
© Gottfried CataniaPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
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A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University.Language
- en