Love Of Money Essay

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“LOVE OF MONEY” Related to Unethical Behavior : Corruption 1. INTRODUCTION In this era, we all know that money is one of the goods or services trading instruments that are very important. Because money is a tool of exchange that can be generally accepted so someone who has money can fulfil his life, such as it clothing, food and house. We can buy whatever's on sale as long as there is money. Money has a different social significance for its users. Lea and Webley (2006) in a study revealed that money functions not only as a payment instrument but also serves as a drug, further they say that money plays an important role in satisfying the biological and psychological needs. In a psychological sense, money can make people addicted. Such as drugs, …show more content…

LOVE OF MONEY Money is a very important aspect in our daily lives. Rubenstein (1981) in found in the United States, success measured in money and revenue. Tang et al. (2005) found attitude of someone learned through several stages, through the process of socialization established in childhood and maintained in adult life. In the business world, managers use the money to attract, retain and motivate employees (Milkovich and Newman, 2002). Tang (1992) introduced the concept of the love of money as a psychological literature. The concept was used to estimate the feelings person's subjective about money. Love of money a person's behavior towards money as well as the wishes and aspirations of a person with money (Tang, 2008). Behavior question is the love of one's money in a material form, can is also manifested in the form of objects or other tangible goods obtained using the money they have. Someone who have this level of love of money is high tend to think money as important, they think money can bring happiness because money can be a motivation for them to work more enterprising, feel respected in the community, as well as a barometer the success they achieve. Love for each person against money differently depending on the needs they have and are influenced by several amongst other things demographics such as gender, age, education level, socio-economic status, and ethnic

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