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Ethical Awareness, Ethical Judgment, and Whistleblowing: A Moderated Mediation Analysis

In: Partial Least Squares Path Modeling

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  • Hengky Latan

    (STIE Bank BPD Jateng, Department of Accounting
    Petra Christian University, Department of Accounting)

  • Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour

    (Montpellier Research in Management, Montpellier Business School
    Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, Centre for Advanced Management Education (CAME))

  • Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour

    (Montpellier Research in Management, Montpellier Business School
    University of Strathclyde, DMEM Department)

Abstract

This study aims to examine the ethical decision-making (EDM) model proposed by Schwartz (J Bus Ethics, 2015. doi: 10.1007/s10551-015-2886-8 ), where we consider the factors of nonrationality and aspects that affect ethical judgments of auditors to make the decision to blow the whistle. In this chapter, we argue that the intention of whistleblowing depends on ethical awareness (EAW) and ethical judgment (EJW) as well as there is a mediation-moderation due to emotion (EMT) and perceived moral intensity (PMI) of auditors. Data was collected using an online survey with 162 external auditors who worked in audit firms in Indonesia as well as 173 internal auditors working in the manufacturing and financial services. The result of multigroup analysis shows that emotion (EMT) can mediate the relationship between EAW and EJW. The nature of this relationship is more complex, so we then tested it by adding moderating variables using consistent partial least squares (PLSc) approach. We found that EMT and PMI can improve the relationship between ethical judgments and whistleblowing intentions. These findings indicate that internal auditors are more likely to blow the whistle than external auditors, and reporting wrongdoing internally and anonymously is the preferred way of professional accountants to blow the whistle in Indonesia.

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  • Hengky Latan & Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour & Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, 2017. "Ethical Awareness, Ethical Judgment, and Whistleblowing: A Moderated Mediation Analysis," Springer Books, in: Hengky Latan & Richard Noonan (ed.), Partial Least Squares Path Modeling, chapter 0, pages 311-337, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-64069-3_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64069-3_15
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