The Ethics Illusion: Decision-Making in Vietnam’s Banking and Finance Sector

This video summary examines the ethical decision-making processes of banking and finance professionals compared to students within the Vietnamese financial sector. Utilizing eight specific ethical vignettes, researchers measured how these two groups perceive and react to dilemmas such as insider trading, fraud, and privacy violations. The study reveals that students generally demonstrate higher ethical sensitivity than experienced professionals, who may be more influenced by the economic realities of the workplace. Additionally, the study evaluates the impact of targeted ethics training, finding that such education significantly improves the moral scores of students but has a less substantial effect on working adults. The authors advocate for enhanced ethics education and tailored corporate training to foster more responsible behavior in the banking industry. The video is based on the work of Ngo, Fisher, and Mujtaba (2014), entitled "Ethical decision-making of banking and finance professionals and student," published in the Asian Journal of Business Ethics, volume 3. REFERENCES: Ngo, P. T., Fisher, G., and Mujtaba, B. G. (2014). Ethical decision-making of banking and finance professionals and students. Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 3(2), 141-153. https://www.doi.org/10.1007/s13520-01... OR: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... Bui, B. T. N., and Mujtaba, B. G. (2025). Learning Opportunities, Motivation, Leadership, Workplace Culture, and Communication: Determinants of Organizational Culture in the Fashion Industry. Knowledge Economy and Lifelong Learning, 1(2), 11-23. https://doi.org/10.61093/kell.1(2).11... Ly, H. Q., and Mujtaba, B. G. (2025). From Sustainable HR Policies to Sustainable Development: Building a Culture of Inclusion and Meritocracy. Green Transition and Sustainable Development, 1(1), 24-36. https://doi.org/10.61093/gtsd.1(1).24... Mujtaba, B. G. (2025). Management Skills of Vietnamese and Americans: Examining their Technical, Human and Conceptual Scores based on Culture and Gender. Journal of Asian American Studies, 28(2), 237-254. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17616082 Nguyen, L. D. and Mujtaba, B. G. (2011). Stress, Task, and Relationship Orientations of Vietnamese: An Examination of Gender, Age and Government Work Experience in the Asian Culture. Competition Forum, 9(2), 235-246. https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... notebooklm.google.com/ ------------------------------------------ #ethics #banks #vietnam #training #ethicstraining #finance #decisionmaking #workplace #workplaceculture #management #leadershipdevelopment #leader #employees #students #education