Religious Attitudes Toward Bribery: A Comparative Study

Robert McGee, Serkan Benk and Bahadır Yüzbaşı
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Serkan Benk: Inonu University
Bahadır Yüzbaşı: Inonu University

Chapter Chapter 2 in The Ethics of Bribery, 2023, pp 11-29 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The present study is part of a much larger study that examines the ethics of bribery and the ethics of tax evasion from a variety of perspectives. In this study, data were taken from the most recent World Values Survey. The main demographic variable examined was religion. Overall, nearly 70% believed that accepting a bribe could never be justified. Attitudes toward bribery were ranked on the basis of religion. The Jewish respondents were least opposed to accepting a bribe, while the Muslim respondents were most opposed. Religion was a significant demographic variable. Overall, women were slightly more opposed to accepting a bribe. Christian women were significantly more opposed to taking a bribe than were Christian men. Other male-female comparisons of mean scores by religion were not significant.

Keywords: Ethics; Bribery; Religion; Corruption; Gender; Economic philosophy; A13; A14; D73; J10; K40; Z10; Z12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-17707-1_2

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