ETHICAL ORIENTATIONS OF MANAGERS IN MALAYSIA

In view of the heightened societal attention to the ethical aspects of business behaviour, there has been, in recent years, a great deal of discussion regarding individual and organisational factors influencing managerial decision making. The main focus of this paper is on unders tanding the attitudes of managers toward ethical dimension of their ch oices and judgments, as also the forces that pressurise, provide them with opportunities, or contribute to shaping their intentions, for eth ical or unethical actions. Findings reported here are based on a quest ionnaire-survey of 381 managers from 41 commercial organisations in Ma laysia.