| Summary: | 碩士 === 南台科技大學 === 商管專業學院 === 101 === This master’s dissertation investigates the effects of Ghanaian, Taiwanese and American national cultures on ethical climates within educational institutions. We also learn how faculty members from the three nations perceive ethics in their working environments. Consequently, it was hypothesized that differences in national culture would lead to the observation of different ethical climates in all three countries.
An adapted version of the 36-item revised Ethical Climate Questionnaire, developed by John B. Cullen, Bart Victor (1988), and James W. Bronson (1993) was the instrument used to measure the ethical perceptions of faculty members. Demographic data such as gender, age, civil status, type of institution, and years of job experience were also collected.
Surveys were conducted among 186 lecturers and faculty members in Ghana, Taiwan and US working in both private and public institutions. Responses were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis, multiple group analysis and ANOVA. The results support the national culture hypothesis for the egoist ethical climate however; the hypotheses for the benevolent and principled ethical climates are not validated. The results also show that there is not a professional teaching culture which has a stronger influence on ethical climate than national culture.
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