Differences of the Economic Ethics Depending on the Consumers' Characteristics

전라북도 소비자들의 경제 윤리 의식

This study aimed to understand the economic ethics among Koreans today and explored the differences of the attitudes toward the economic ethics depending on the consumers' characteristics. As results of the study, 1) consumers tended to emphasize the business ethics including their responsibility on the society and ethics of the economic systems including fairness. But their economic ethics to themselves were very flexible and acceptable from the self-centered views. 2) Consumers living in the city area, aged 20's, being on more high level of the social status, and not having religion had more self-centered economic ethics than others.