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þ Objectives
þ Problem statement
þ Introduction
þ Conceptual Framework and Research
Framework
þ Literature Review
þ Methodology
þ Contribution of Research
Objectives
þ To find the relationship of ?
in Ethical Decision Making
(EDM) among Hotel Managers (GM) in
Malaysia
þ To examine the factors of Moral Intensity
on EDM.
þ To find out which type of ?
of Malaysian Hotel
Managers fall in when they are making
moral decision.
ºesearch Questions
þ hich factor of moral intensity influences
the most on managers when they are
making ethical decision?
þ hat kind of ethical dimensions do
Malaysian managers reveal when they are
making ethical decision?
`ntroduction
þ Ethics ± the rules or principles that define right
and wrong conduct (Davis and Frederick, 1984)
þ Collapses of business in the Asian countries ±
common occurrences & are accepted as part of
general business life. (Paul, 2000)
þ General Managers (GM) face the difficulties in
handling the issues raised in four major areas:
Dealing with officials
Internal relations
Human resources
Food and beverage (Paul, 2000)
roblem Statement
þ The ³
´ or ³ ´ of what
people do as well as the impact of their
deeds. (Garret, 1966)
þ èusiness activity ±
± behavior of business people is
subject to ethical consideration, especially
in hospitality industry.
þ Most previous research in this area has
concentrated on , or
social or
, instead of going deeper
to the relationship of the
, like
and
in EDM. (èlasi,
1980, èommer et al, 1987, Ford and
Richardson, 1994, èernhard, 2000, Loy
and Douglas, 2004, Tim et al, 2006)
þ o extend the existing research
investigating EDM in the hotel industry to
generate new knowledge in the hospitality
industry.
conceptual Framework
Demographic
Factors Ethical
Decision
Organizational Making
Variables
Moral
characteristic
ºesearch Framework
?
Magnitude of consequences
ocial consequences
Probability of effect
Temporal immediacy !
Proximity
Concentration of effect
?
?
ustice
Relativist
Contractualism
tilitarian
Egoism
Cognitive
Moral Moral Intensity Moral
Development (Carlson et al, 2009, Philosophies
(Blasi, 1980; Harrington, 1997; (Seema, 2010;
Fraedrick et al, Morris & Cohen, 1993;
1994; McDonald, 1995) salikis, 1990)
Kohlberg, 1981)