Religiosity and Ethical Ideologies as They Pertain to Business Ethics: Through the Lens of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Abstract

This study measures ethical intentions of students utilizing the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). The direct and moderating effects of religiosity, and also the direct and mediating effects of ethical ideologies (idealism and relativism) are considered in this study. An online survey was used to collect data from 300 college students. Utilizing SmartPLS, the results indicate that along with attitude, idealism and relativism have the strongest influence on ethical intentions. While there is evidence of partial mediation by idealism and relativism on the religiosity-intention relationship, there is no evidence of a moderating effect by religiosity on the attitude-intention relationship