Revisiting the Ethics of Financial Executives in the Lodging Industry

Authors

James W. Damitio, California State University – Dominguez HillsFollow
Raymond S. Schmidgall, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Program Web Address

www.csudh.edu

Abstract

This study revisited ethics in the hospitality industry and involved a randomly selected sample of lodging financial executives taken from the current membership roster of the Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HFTP). After responding to a number of demographic questions, financial executives were asked to respond to 16 business scenarios that involved the issue of ethics. In addition, financial executives were asked if they would or would not do what the controller did in each scenario. Finally, responses of financial executives in the current study were compared to the responses of financial executives in a previous study. Findings indicate that there is considerable disagreement among financial executives regarding the ethical dimensions of common business scenarios

Recommended Citation

Damitio, James W. and Schmidgall, Raymond S. (2007) "Revisiting the Ethics of Financial Executives in the Lodging Industry," Hospitality Review: Vol. 25: Iss. 2, Article 7.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/hospitalityreview/vol25/iss2/7