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Attitude of Romanian Medical Students and Doctors toward Business Ethics: Analyzing the Influence of Sex, Age, and Ethics Education

Published:2023-08-09 Issue:8 Volume:13 Page:1452-1467
ISSN:2254-9625
Container-title:European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
language:en
Short-container-title:EJIHPE

Author:

Constantin George-Dumitru¹,Mazilescu Crisanta-Alina²^ORCID,Hoinoiu Teodora³^ORCID,Hoinoiu Bogdan¹^ORCID,Luca Ruxandra Elena¹^ORCID,Viscu Loredana-Ileana⁴,Pasca Ioana Giorgiana¹,Oancea Roxana¹

Affiliation:

1. Faculty of Dental Medicine, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania

2. Teacher Training Department, Politehnica University Timisoara, 300596 Timisoara, Romania

3. Faculty of Medicine, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 300041 Timisoara, Romania

4. Faculty of Psychology, Tibiscus University of Timisoara, 300559 Timisoara, Romania

Abstract

This study investigated the attitude of Romanian medical students and doctors toward business ethics by measuring the preference for a particular ethical philosophy, namely, the preference for Machiavellianism, moral objectivism, social Darwinism, ethical relativism, and legalism. At the same time, this study aimed to explore the influence of sex, age, and ethics education on the attitude toward business ethics. The data collection was performed using a voluntary self-administered online survey including the Attitudes Toward Business Ethics Questionnaire (ATBEQ) instrument. Our findings show that the values based on which Romanian medical students and doctors make business decisions belong predominantly to the moral objectivism philosophy, which is grounded on rational actions based on a set of objective moral standards.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Applied Psychology,Clinical Psychology,Developmental and Educational Psychology

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/13/8/106/pdf

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