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A Cross-Cultural Investigation Of The Ethical Values Of Consumers: The Potential Effect Of War And Civil Disruption
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of Business Ethics
Volume
17
Issue
4
First Page
435
Last Page
448
Abstract
Past research has examined the ethical judgments of consumers in the U.S., but few studies have investigated such attitudes in foreign-market settings. The current study compares ethical attitudes of consumers in two countries (Ireland and Lebanon) which share a cultural similarity of ongoing war and terrorism. The findings reveal that both cultures exhibit low sensitivity to ethical issues. Furthermore, the findings show that the Irish consumers are less sensitive to consumer ethical practices, less idealistic, more relativistic, and more Machiavellian than Lebanese consumers. The authors recommend that other researchers need to further investigate this perplexing issue because ethics is a research topic which often discourages survey respondents to be candid.
Department
Department of Marketing
Original Publication Date
1-1-1998
DOI of published version
10.1023/A:1005788421138
Recommended Citation
Rawwas, Mohammed Y.A.; Patzer, Gordon L.; and Vitell, Scott J., "A Cross-Cultural Investigation Of The Ethical Values Of Consumers: The Potential Effect Of War And Civil Disruption" (1998). Faculty Publications. 3938.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/3938