The Impact of Ethics of on Organizational Performance: The case of Private Commercial Banks of Bangladesh.

Authors

  • Mohammed Chowdhury Touro College and the University System, New York.
  • Zahurul Alam University of Chittagong

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to examine the impact of ethics on the performance of private commercial banks of Bangladesh. The research attempts to find the correlation between ethics and the performance of private commercial banks of Bangladesh. We used convenience-sampling method for this study.  A 20-item questionnaire with 5-point likert-type scale was used for collecting data. Data for this study was collected from 395 employees who were serving in different private banking organizations and were assumed to have sufficient qualifications, knowledge and experience in their field of jobs. Collected data were analyzed by using the principal component analysis (PCA) and regression analysis. The study has revealed six dimensions of employee’s ethical behavior based on factor loadings, all significantly correlated with banks’ performance. The regression analysis indicates positive correlation of ethical behaviors to performance of banks.

 

Keywords :  uberrimae fidei, convenience sampling, ethical behavior, performance, private commercial banks 

 

JEL Classification M10 and M19

Author Biographies

Mohammed Chowdhury, Touro College and the University System, New York.

Professor of marketing and management, author of textbooks, published numerous articles on business and economics interest. Compiled and edited all his artiicles (authored and co-authored) in a book titled "An Anthology of Collaborative Business Research (an interdisciplinar collection of business managerial research findings)

Zahurul Alam, University of Chittagong

Professor of Management, a researcher and a publisher as well. Authored and co-authored several article.

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Published

2020-12-28

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2(32) (2020)

Section

Management and business administration