Ethics education, pro-social motivation, and moral disengagement among entrepreneurs

This preliminary study aims to investigate the role of pro-social motivation and ethics education, especially informal religious-based ethics education, on the moral disengagement’s tendency of entrepreneurs. Using 95 survey data of entrepreneurs in greater Jakarta areas, this preliminary study analyzes the moderating role of informal religious-based ethics education on the relationship between pro-social motivation and moral disengagement. This study finds that pro-business entrepreneurs tend to have lower moral disengagement when they receive informal religious-based ethics education. In contrast to popular beliefs, this study finds that prosocial entrepreneurs have lower moral disengagement only when they do not receive informal religious-based ethics education.