Relationship between emotional intelligence and ethical competence: An empirical study

Researchers have stated that the attitudes and behaviors of future organizations leaders depend on the current university students. Students need to have a proper understanding of ethical behavior that will provide them the ability to consider the impact of their conducts and actions in the business organizations and towards the society. Studies indicate that factors of emotional intelligence can generate self-regulation and control disruptive actions by understanding the feelings and emotions of others. Therefore, the purpose of the study is to analyze whether business students with emotional intelligence would be able to manage their emotions and react less aggressively to the behaviors of others asserting to more ethicality. The findings revealed that emotional intelligence is a good predictor of ethical competence.