Important Note: This survey is for onshore students and staff at Murdoch University ONLY - Please do not attempt if you are a staff or student in any of our offshore locations (Singapore/Dubai).

Seeking your valuable input to help develop a new framework.

Dear Potential Participant,

An ethical climate is crucial for business and governance. The creation of this ethical climate requires the development of a culture where each individual is driven to behave according to the prevailing and driving norms and values standardized by a society to enforce high moral standards. Building on the theory of moral development, the purpose of this study is to determine which demographic factors of the respondents are related to ethical decision making. It will be interesting to know if culture, ethnicity and religious beliefs influence ethical decision making and leadership style. This will help me to develop a framework incorporating perceptions from a variety of respondents from countries all over the world and would provide useful information to the academics and researcher to undertake further work in this field. At this stage I intend to include students and staff in WA universities and will focus first on Murdoch University (onshore students and staff only). In the next stage I would be including other professionals and social groups and extend this research to all national universities and subsequently to major universities around the world.

The survey takes about ten to fifteen minutes to complete. I will tabulate the responses and analyse the results which will help me in sharing with you and other academics and in adapting our specific units and other related units to incorporate ethical business dimensions. The results of this study will be posted on Murdoch University Announcements (both staff and students pages) and also published in an academic journal and as such available for your viewing. Any information that is obtained in connection with this study and that can be identified with you will remain confidential. The data may be used in subsequent studies, in publications and in presentations under the conditions of confidentiality noted above.  There are no right or wrong answers….just the way you see the answers based on your current responsibilities. So please take a few minutes and complete this survey now. Your consent is required before you complete the survey. Participation in this study is anonymous and voluntary. You can choose to withdraw from this study at any time. If you choose to exit the survey at any time during the survey your data will be withdrawn.  Please remember, once you submit your survey responses, you will not be able to withdraw from the study given the anonymous nature of your response.

This study has been approved by the Murdoch University Human Research Ethics Committee (Approval No 2016/018 dated 13^th June, 2016). If you have any reservation or complaint about the ethical conduct of this research, and wish to talk with an independent person, you may contact Murdoch University's Research Ethics Office on (61 8) 9360 6677 or  ethics@murdoch.edu.au. Any issues you raise will be treated in confidence and investigated fully and you will be informed of the outcome.

Thank you for taking time to read this letter.

The link for the survey is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8B9G57L

Kind Regards

Dr Arif Sikander

School of B&G|Tel +61 8 9360 2927|a.sikander@murdoch.edu.au