Ethics and Purchasing Dilemma: A Singaporean View

Emergence of purchasing as a strategic function has not only broadened the scope of purchasing, it has also changed the responsibilities of the purchasing managers by empowering them to spend large sums of money in procuring goods and services. However, this has also presented them with an array of...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics 2002-02, Vol.35 (4), p.307-326
Main Authors: Razzaque, Mohammed Abdur, Hwee, Tan Piak
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Business
Business ethics
Business studies
Competition
Culture
Decision making
Empowerment
Ethical behavior
Ethical codes
Ethical dilemmas
Ethical instruction
Ethics
Gifts
Locus of control
Management
Moral relativism
Morality
Morals
Perceptions
Purchasing
Purchasing agents
Relativism
Singapore
Social ethics
Studies
Variables
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description Emergence of purchasing as a strategic function has not only broadened the scope of purchasing, it has also changed the responsibilities of the purchasing managers by empowering them to spend large sums of money in procuring goods and services. However, this has also presented them with an array of ethical dilemmas involving questionable purchasing practices. This study proposes a framework to examine ethicality of decision making when faced with such dilemmas and presents the results of a survey conducted to assess the ethical inclinations of purchasers operating in Singapore. The results give credence to the notion that ethicality of behavior is culture-specific and reconfirms the existence of ethical relativism.
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Business ethics
Business studies
Competition
Culture
Decision making
Empowerment
Ethical behavior
Ethical codes
Ethical dilemmas
Ethical instruction
Ethics
Gifts
Locus of control
Management
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Purchasing agents
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Social ethics
Studies
Variables
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