Author(s): Abdullah AL-Mutairi, Kamal Naser, Hassan Al-Najjar
The purpose of this study is to explore the attitude of Kuwaiti business students towards various aspects of business ethics and the effect of their personal background on their attitude. A self-administered quantitative survey was undertaken with a convenience sample of Kuwaiti business students enrolled in Kuwait University and the Gulf University for Science and Technology. The questionnaire was distributed to 400 students; 200 questionnaires returned completed, resulting in 50% usable response rate. Descriptive statistics were used assess the respondents’ level of agreement with various aspects of business ethics. Kruskal Wallis and the Mann Whitney test were employed to detect possible variations in the respondents' attitudes due to their personal background. It is found that the respondents emphasized the role of the market forces and impact of Islamic Shariah principles in governing businesses and businesspersons' ethics. The study also revealed that respondents' characteristics have little effect on their opinion towards various aspects of business ethics.