Ethical perception of golden rice in Malaysia

Golden rice was developed by the insertion of carrot gene into rice to solve vitamin A deficiency problem. Past studies have shown that consumer acceptance of genetically modified (GM) food is driven by many factors, of which moral aspects was found to be an important predictor or sometimes referr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, Jamil Ahmad, Abdul Latif Samian, Mohamad Sabri Haron
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2361/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2361/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2361/1/MJEM_2010_2__6_Latifah__F_.pdf

id	ukm-2361
recordtype	eprints
spelling	ukm-23612016-12-14T06:31:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2361/ Ethical perception of golden rice in Malaysia Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, Jamil Ahmad, Abdul Latif Samian, Mohamad Sabri Haron, Golden rice was developed by the insertion of carrot gene into rice to solve vitamin A deficiency problem. Past studies have shown that consumer acceptance of genetically modified (GM) food is driven by many factors, of which moral aspects was found to be an important predictor or sometimes referred to as ‘a veto’ of support. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Malaysian public in the Klang Valley region perceive the ethical aspects of golden rice. A set of questionnaire comprising of the ethical aspects of golden rice was distributed and completed by 208 Muslims residing in the Klang Valley area. Results of factor analysis showed that there are four components or dimensions of ethical aspects of golden rice. The dimensions are familiarity, perceived risks, denying benefits (if not carried out) and ethical acceptance. Cronbach alpha values for the all dimensions were good: familiarity (α=0.82), denying benefits (α=0.77), perceived risks (α=0.78) and ethical acceptance (α=0.84). Results from the survey has shown that majority of the respondents perceived the ethical aspects of golden rice as moderate except for the professionals who surprisingly claimed to have only low familiarity with golden rice while the clerical workers and the un-employed on the other hand, perceived high benefits and were highly accepting of the ethical aspects of golden rice Environmental Management Society, Malaysia 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2361/1/MJEM_2010_2__6_Latifah__F_.pdf Latifah Amin, and Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, and Jamil Ahmad, and Abdul Latif Samian, and Mohamad Sabri Haron, (2010) Ethical perception of golden rice in Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Environmental Management, 11 (2). pp. 71-78. ISSN 1511-7855 http://www.ems-malaysia.org/mjem/index.html
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
building	UKM Institutional Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
description	Golden rice was developed by the insertion of carrot gene into rice to solve vitamin A deficiency problem. Past studies have shown that consumer acceptance of genetically modified (GM) food is driven by many factors, of which moral aspects was found to be an important predictor or sometimes referred to as ‘a veto’ of support. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Malaysian public in the Klang Valley region perceive the ethical aspects of golden rice. A set of questionnaire comprising of the ethical aspects of golden rice was distributed and completed by 208 Muslims residing in the Klang Valley area. Results of factor analysis showed that there are four components or dimensions of ethical aspects of golden rice. The dimensions are familiarity, perceived risks, denying benefits (if not carried out) and ethical acceptance. Cronbach alpha values for the all dimensions were good: familiarity (α=0.82), denying benefits (α=0.77), perceived risks (α=0.78) and ethical acceptance (α=0.84). Results from the survey has shown that majority of the respondents perceived the ethical aspects of golden rice as moderate except for the professionals who surprisingly claimed to have only low familiarity with golden rice while the clerical workers and the un-employed on the other hand, perceived high benefits and were highly accepting of the ethical aspects of golden rice
format	Article
author	Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, Jamil Ahmad, Abdul Latif Samian, Mohamad Sabri Haron,
spellingShingle	Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, Jamil Ahmad, Abdul Latif Samian, Mohamad Sabri Haron, Ethical perception of golden rice in Malaysia
author_facet	Latifah Amin, Noor Ayuni Ahmad Azlan, Jamil Ahmad, Abdul Latif Samian, Mohamad Sabri Haron,
author_sort	Latifah Amin,
title	Ethical perception of golden rice in Malaysia
title_short	Ethical perception of golden rice in Malaysia
title_full	Ethical perception of golden rice in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Ethical perception of golden rice in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Ethical perception of golden rice in Malaysia
title_sort	ethical perception of golden rice in malaysia
publisher	Environmental Management Society, Malaysia
publishDate	2010
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2361/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2361/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2361/1/MJEM_2010_2__6_Latifah__F_.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T19:35:53Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T19:35:53Z
_version_	1777405267144605696

Ethical perception of golden rice in Malaysia

Similar Items