The Unethical Behaviors Encountered by the Firms Receiving Service From Administration of Customs: A Sample of Mersin Province Cover Image

Gümrük İdaresinden Hizmet Alan Firmaların Karşılaştığı Etik Dışı Davranışlar: Mersin İli Örneği
The Unethical Behaviors Encountered by the Firms Receiving Service From Administration of Customs: A Sample of Mersin Province

Author(s): Sezen Bozyiğit, Hüseyin SAİN
Subject(s): Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Behaviorism, Business Ethics
Published by: Celal Bayar Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Ethic; Unethical Behavior; Customs Administration;

Summary/Abstract: Being dependent on ethical values is important for the feeling of justice and trust in society. As in every institution, in compliance with the ethical values in the customs administrations is important for the declining of state's informal economy and the corruption of the moral values of society. The purpose of this research is to find out whether companies that work with Mersin customs administration meet unethical behaviors or not, if so, the research aims to find out what kind of behaviors they meet. Using the snowball sampling method, the sample of the exploratory research is composed of 30 companies that are working with the customs administration. Participants were interviewed face-to-face through in-depth interviews. According to the results of the research, it is found that the majority of the participants were exposed to unethical behaviors in all the units of the customs administration. Also, privilege is the most observed unethical behavior. It is understood that, the measures taken by the institutions to prevent unethical behaviors are insufficient.

  • Issue Year: 18/2020
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 1-20
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Turkish
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