Professional ethics and effects from individual value factors and organiaztional value factors – a study in young-adult employees in Ho Chi Minh city

Abstract

Professional ethics is an issue which the society is concerning increasingly with. However, this issue is still under-researched, especially in Vietnam. This study is to investigate employees’ and students’ awareness of professional ethics and to evaluate the effects of individual value factors and organizational value factors on professional ethics. The framework is adapted from the studies of Han et al. (2013) and Valentine & Fleischman (2008). The research findings show that both individual factors and organizational factors have positive effects on professional ethics, and Organizational policies towards ethical behaviors have the strongest effect. Based on the findings, managerial implications are suggested to improve employees’ and students’ awareness of professional ethics.