An Exploration of Unethical Behavior Attitude of Tertiary Level Students of Bangladesh

Abstract

In this competitive world highly skilled manpower is considered to play key role in developing a nation. On the other hand, highly educated people are blamed for recent business and financial scandals. Moreover, studies established that pupils who deceive in their student life are found to be engaged in immoral workplace conduct. The Student today is the future leader of the country. Hence, the combination of quality with morality is emphasized in the universities of in many developed counties like the USA, China, and moral education is being imparted at all stages of academic organizations and training centers from kindergarten to national academia. Therefore, the goal of the research is to explore the origins of the unethical behavior of University students of Bangladesh and recommend the means to improve the situation.

A trilateral approach to design a model course on information literacy and research ethics for tertiary‐level curricula: A pathway to university ranking success

“…Studies found a similar scenario, that is, the undergraduate students at a public and private university had partial understanding of IL skills and IE (Ferdows & Ahmed, 2015; Islam & Tsuji, 2010; Shoeb, 2011). In a very recent study (Arefeen et al, 2020) on the unethical behaviour attitude of tertiary level students in Bangladesh, researchers found very low‐level awareness of ethics in their study process. The authors assumed the absence of ethical contents on the curriculum is responsible for this.…”

“…Researchers suggested that the use of plagiarism checkers has failed to stop the practice just as academic codes of conduct by the postgraduate researchers and lecturers have not worked (Amunga, 2013). It was strongly recommended that university administration should introduce ethics courses as university prerequisite courses apart from the compulsory core courses (Arefeen et al, 2020; Brown, 1999; Carbo, 2005; Carbo & Almagno, 2001; Dadzie, 2011; Maughan, 2001; Naveed & Mahmood, 2021; Nero, 1999). So, behaviour change should be brought about by a deep understanding of IL and IE and the need to embrace positive practices in regard to access and use of information in university and life‐long practices.…”

Ethics in accounting: A dire necessity for practicing accountants in Bangladesh

“…Lack of these components led to the massive accounting crises and frauds in the international corporate sectors. Financial firms, publicly traded companies, and private enterprises have either being declared distressed or have totally closed down as a result of cases of fraud, fabrication, and purposeful exaggerations of companies' accounts as well as other professional misconduct (Arefeen, Mohyuddin, & Khan, 2020;Bakre, 2007;Uddin, Khan, & Mohammad, 2015). The credibility of financial statements and transparency has been destroyed by the demise of large corporations like Enron, WorldCom, Global Crossing, and Parmalat in the United States and Parmalat in Italy.…”

An exploration of private college students’ perceptions of the concept of ethical behaviour in academic work in China

“…Moreover, students in higher education will become the country's future leaders (Yang, 2023a). Higher education cultivates students in all fields of society, such as doctors, engineers, scholars, and intellectuals, to contribute to society and realize the country's overall development, personnel management, and progress (Arefeen et al, 2020). Therefore, higher education plays a significant role in developing the country and cultivating talent (Shen & Hu, 2021).…”