Understanding unethical behaviors at the university level: a multiple regression analysis

Julián, Martín; Bonavía, Tomás

doi:10.1080/10508422.2020.1723101

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“…Unfortunately, as bribery is illegal, lack of understanding of the distinction between gifting and bribery can have serious consequences (Aydın et al, 2020). Finally, our study contributes to the literature by shifting away from the predominant focus on either the giver's (e.g., Julián & Bonavia, 2020) or the recipient's perspective (e.g., Hayes & Simmons, 2015;Xu et al, 2018), to that of an impartial bystander. As Fisher (2007) argues, whether receiving or giving a particular gift is wrong depends on how an impartial third party would view this specific action.…”

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“…First, this study is among the first to examine how guanxi influences students' perception of giving behavior (i.e., as a gift or a bribe). This knowledge is useful in developing specific policies to tackle corruption and understanding the nature of corrupt and gifting practices in the educational system (Julián & Bonavia, 2020). Moreover, we contribute to the literature by integrating gifting and bribing research to enhance our understanding of the distinction between these two concepts.…”

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Differentiating between gift giving and bribing in China: a guanxi perspective

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Taris

2021

Ethics & Behavior

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Although scholars have long been interested in distinguishing gift giving from bribery, the impact of the degree of guanxi between a giver and a recipient on this distinction remains unclear. Drawing on a bystander perspective, this paper investigates how people distinguish between two types of giving behavior: gift giving and bribing. In three studies, we examined how guanxi (Study 1, n = 143 Chinese students), the price of a present (Study 2, including 106 students and 55 employees), and the motivation for giving a present (Study 3, n = 33 Chinese students) influence people's perception of a present (i.e., as a gift or a bribe). The results largely supported our expectation that presents were more likely to be considered a bribe when guanxi utility was high, if the present held high economic value, and if the giving motivation was instrumental-oriented. Implications of our findings for future research and business practitioners in Chinese culture are discussed.

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Differentiating between gift giving and bribing in China: a guanxi perspective

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Taris

2021

Ethics & Behavior

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“…In the international literature, studies are found regarding the unequal treatment of students by the faculty members, in other words regarding the prevalence of student favoritism (Tauginienė et al, 2019). The university students believe that there is favoritism in the universities, and favoritism is more common than any other form of corruption such as bribery, fraud and embezzlement (Julián and Bonavia, 2020;Walters et al, 2019). The students may expect privileges from the faculty members (Achacoso, 2002) as they focus on performance and have the tendency to keep their grades up (Kurtyilmaz, 2019).…”

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Institutionalization at Universities: Case Study of the Focal Institution and the Spawning Institutions

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Balcı²

2021

Ankara Universitesi Egitim Bilimleri Fakultesi Dergisi

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The purpose of this study is to analyze the institutionalization of Gazi University Faculty of Education as a focal institution, and Ahi Evran University Faculty of Education and Kastamonu University Faculty of Education as spawning institutions where the faculty members serve. The common feature of these academics is that they graduated from any doctoral program of Gazi University in the past. In this context, the views of faculty members on the institutionalization of universities have been presented. Case study was employed in the research. The study group of this research is comprised of faculty members who have been working in a focal institution Gazi University, and spawning institutions Ahi Evran University and Kastamonu University in Turkey. According to research results, faculty members create hierarchies based on academic titles. Conflicts among faculty members in spawning faculties are resolved within the department by arbitration. The dominant organizational decision-making method employed by faculty members within their own faculties was consensus. Faculty members agree that graduates from their doctorate programs should be employed at the same faculty. The culture of the spawning faculties is similar to the culture of the teacher high school and the focal institution.

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“…Students have access to different degrees, official masters, and Ph.D. programs. Although academic dishonesty has been analyzed in Spain ( Comas-Forgas and Sureda-Negre, 2016 ), studies on individual predictors of Spanish university corruption are still scarce ( Julian and Bonavia, 2020a , 2021 ). Furthermore, nearly two-thirds of Spanish citizens rated corruption as a major problem in their country ( Transparency International, 2016 ).…”

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“…To our knowledge, this is the first paper to study individual predictors of university corruption in a Spanish context while proposing a theoretical model to understand its diverse manifestations ( Johnsøn and Mason, 2013 ; Denisova-Schmidt, 2016 ; Julian and Bonavia, 2020b ). Similar studies have been published (see, e.g., Julian and Bonavia, 2021 ), but they did not include a reporting intention variable (whistleblowing), and they used a different methodological analysis of the results.…”

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Students’ Perceptions of University Corruption in a Spanish Public University: A Path Analysis

Julián

Bonavía

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Most research on corruption in educational settings has focused on a cross-national and macro-level analysis; however, to our knowledge, few papers have sought to explore individual perceptions that explain corruption in higher education. The present research aimed to disentangle students’ predictors of corrupt intention in a Spanish public university. A total of 933 undergraduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. students filled out an online survey measuring four corruption scenarios: favoritism, bribery, fraud, and embezzlement. Path analysis (PA) revealed that justifiability, risk perception, and perceived prevalence of corruption were significant factors in predicting corrupt intention. Moreover, willingness to report a corrupt act was predicted by corrupt intention, justifiability, and risk perception. Corrupt behavior is a complex phenomenon explained not only by peers’ behavior, but also by their individual justifications and perception of risk. Education is not free of corruption, and universities must address this urgent problem in order to avoid future economic, societal, and ethical problems.

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Understanding unethical behaviors at the university level: a multiple regression analysis

Cited by 9 publications

References 48 publications

Differentiating between gift giving and bribing in China: a guanxi perspective

Differentiating between gift giving and bribing in China: a guanxi perspective

Institutionalization at Universities: Case Study of the Focal Institution and the Spawning Institutions

Students’ Perceptions of University Corruption in a Spanish Public University: A Path Analysis

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