The Effect of Moral Reasoning and The Student’s Personal Factors Towards Student’s Moral Behavior (Empirical Studies at Pancasila University, Jakarta)

Hermiyetti Hermiyetti, Meiliyah Ariani, Hernadewita Hernadewita

Abstract


This study is aimed to examine the effect of moral reasoning and the student’s personal factors towards moral behaviour of accounting students in the four basic components to behave underlying of any moral actions or moral behaviour of an individual. In addition to that, it is also to examine the effect of accounting student demographic variables such as sex, Grade Point Average (GPA), and age towards their moral behaviour. The sample selected is done by using a purposive sampling method. Research data was collected from accounting students of Pancasila University, Jakarta within academic enrolment year 2011/2012. The number of samples used is Accounting students of the 5th to 8th semester totalling 150 students. The analysis technique used is a multiple regression in SPPS ver.19.

Keywords


Sensitivity; Judgment; Motivation; Character; Moral Reasoning; Idealism Level; Relativism Levels; Locus of Control and Demographics

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