Environmental Ethical Commitment (EEC): Factors that affect Malaysian business corporations

Abstract

This study is about environmental ethical commitment (EEC) factors that affect Malaysian manufacturing companies. The independent variables were the ecological concern, the regulations, perceived behavioural control which consists of self-efßcacy, ethical climate, ßnancial aspect, stakeholder pressure and stakeholder information and also the personal moral obligations. From regression analysis, only three factors namely the regulation, ßnancial aspect and stakeholder information were able to explain the EEC in Malaysia. Finally, environmental ethical consideration would be beneßcial to companies as it offers advantages and having claimed to save the industry as well as the world. Keywords: Environmental ethical commitment, ethics, natural environment eISSN 2514-7528 © 2017 The Author. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.