An Investigation into Unethical Behavior Intentions Among Undergraduate Students: A Malaysian Study

Nga, Joyce K.H.; Lum, Evelyn W. S.

doi:10.1007/s10805-012-9176-1

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“…Prior studies on cheating among students have focused on types of assessment subjects to cheating (Swift and Nonis, 1998;Bernardi et al, 2008), cheating neutralization (Sykes and Matza, 1957;Diekhoff et al 1999;Pulvers and Diekhoff 1999;Vandehey, Diefhoff and LaBeff 2007;Day et al;olafson et al 2013;Meng et al 2014;Ismail and Yussof;2016); cheating deterrents (Diekhoff et al, 1999;Bernardi et al, 2008;La Salle, 2009;Goldwater and Fogarty, 2012;Molnar and Kletke;Nga and Lum, 2013) and influence of religiosity on cheating behaviour (Conroy and Emerson 2004;Bloodgood, Turnley and Mudrack 2008;Burton, Talpade and Haynes 2011;Pauli, Arthur and Price 2014).…”

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“…Rules will be followed only if students believe that the rules are enforced and the punishments imposed (Diekhoff et al, 1999;La Salle 2009;Molnar and Kletke, 2012). Nga and Lum (2013) instead found that as compared to non-business students, business students do not consider the magnitude of consequences when they decide to cheat. From a slightly different perspective, Finelli et al (2003) examined the effect of punishment, or consequences (shame, embarrassment or sanction) in deterring cheating in different assessment contexts.…”

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“…Several researchers have studied the issue of cheating among students from business-related courses (McCabe and Trevino 1995;Bloodgood, Turnley and Mudrack 2008;Bernardi et al 2008;Burton, Talpade and Haynes 2011;Day et al 2011;Iberahim et al 2013;Teixeira 2013;Nga and Lum 2013;Williams et al 2014), since this group is expected to hold managerial positions in companies in the future where their ethics and moral beliefs will frequently be tested. Several researchers have focused their study on cheating behavior among accounting students, who in the future will become public accountants, chief financial officers or chief executive officers (Ballantine, McCourt Larres and Mulgrew 2014;Abu Bakar, Ismail and Mamat 2010;Atmeh and Al-Khadash 2008;Haswell, Jubb and Wearing 1999;Goldwater and Fogarty 2012).…”

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Academic Dishonesty Among Accounting Students in Malaysia

Yussof

Ismail

2018

MAR

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There are three objectives of the present study: to ascertain the types of assessment which are subject to cheating by accounting students; to determine the justifications given by students in neutralizing their cheating behavior; and to identify cheating deterrents from the perception of the students. A total of 435 questionnaires were collected from undergraduate accounting students of all levels of study in a public university in Malaysia. Findings revealed that more than half of the respondents had engaged in cheating, but mainly in quizzes and assignments that offer less weighting towards a final grade, and were subject to less monitoring and less severe punishment. As for neutralization, those who cheated had a tendency to blame instructors for their cheating behavior. In terms of deterrence, religion was cited most frequently as the factor that can deter students from cheating, particularly by continuous reminder that the God is always watching.

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Academic Dishonesty Among Accounting Students in Malaysia

Yussof

Ismail

2018

MAR

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“…Therefore, students who tend to judge an action based on the benefits it represents for their interests tend to find less meaning in it. Precisely Jamil et al (2019) and Nga and Lum (2013) had previously identified that egoism's ideology is positively related to unethical actions. Therefore, with the evidence provided in this study, this statement is complemented by considering that egoism affects unethical actions and diminishes moral meaningfulness.…”

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Justice, Deontology and Moral Meaningfulness as Factors to Improve Student Performance and Academic Achievement

2021

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The relationship between ethics and performance has previously been addressed in the literature, although there are still some gaps, for example, the relationship of ethical ideologies to student performance. This work aims to contribute to the literature with a statistical evaluation using partial least squares path modelling (PLS-PM) regarding whether university students' ethical ideologies and moral meaningfulness influence their level of student performance and academic achievement. Results indicate that the ideologies of justice and deontology increase moral meaningfulness, moral meaningfulness in turn increase student's citizenship behaviours and student's in-role performance, and finally, student's in-role performance positively influences academic achievement. This research provides resources applicable to the fields of pedagogy and ethics to encourage performance during the study and highlight the value of the ideologies of justice and deontology.

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“…Therefore, society should take the responsibility to promote value and ethics to the young generation of the community who will be future professionals. Lying, fabricating, and deceiving are the root of all sorts of immoral behavior (Nga & Lum, 2013).…”

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

Arefeen¹,

Mohyuddin²,

Khan³

2020

GJMBR

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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.

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An Investigation into Unethical Behavior Intentions Among Undergraduate Students: A Malaysian Study

Cited by 13 publications

References 83 publications

Academic Dishonesty Among Accounting Students in Malaysia

Academic Dishonesty Among Accounting Students in Malaysia

Justice, Deontology and Moral Meaningfulness as Factors to Improve Student Performance and Academic Achievement

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

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