The Influence of Moral Reasoning and Gender towards Whistleblowing Intention

DOI

10.2991/piceeba-18.2018.71How to use a DOI?

Keywords

moral reasoning, gender, whistleblowing, public sector, local government

Abstract

Whistleblowing has been regarded as one of the most effective ways to prevent corruption. Various economic, psychological and ethical factors have been investigated as triggering a person's desire to take whistleblowing action. This research aims to empirically examine the influence of moral reasoning and gender on whistleblowing intention in the context of local government public servants. The research was conducted using a quasi-experiment approach. Variable of moral reasoning was measured using Mach-IV and gender was identified based on demographic data of the participants. The data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA. The results show that the level of moral reasoning significantly influences whistleblowing intention, while gender does not. The findings imply the importance of government institutions to build and foster moral standards and codes of conduct in order to support corruption and fraud prevention through whistleblowing mechanisms.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mayar Afriyenti
PY  - 2018/07
DA  - 2018/07
TI  - The Influence of Moral Reasoning and Gender towards Whistleblowing Intention
BT  - Proceedings of the First Padang International Conference On Economics Education, Economics, Business and Management, Accounting and Entrepreneurship (PICEEBA 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 557
EP  - 561
SN  - 2352-5428
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DO  - 10.2991/piceeba-18.2018.71
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