CAUSES OF UNETHICAL BEHAVIOUR

Group 4Arindam Das (29005)Jatin Jaswani (29016)Lokesh Arya (29023)Mayookh Chaudhuri (29027)Piyushree Nagrale (29036)Vaibhav Kumar (29055)

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OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of various

variable leading to cause unethical behavior and the degree of impact the variables make on the decision of an individual.

NULL HYPOTHESIS:1. Students avoiding responsibilities are the

ones who copy presentation from the internet.

2. Male students will show higher intentions to engage in unethical behavior than female students.

3. More strict monitoring in conducting exams at times induces more exam malpractices among students.

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Academic Rigour

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Decision

Causes

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Unethical

Ethical

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:Causal research - To test hypothesis about

relationships between causes-and-unethical behavior

Data collection – Online Survey Statistical Tools – Measures of Central

Tendency, Bivariate correlation and Regression analysisGender No. of Students Percentage

Female 22 25.0%

Male 66 75.0%

Year of Study No. of Students Percentage

PGP-I 63 71.6%

PGP-II 25 28.4%

Total no. of Students 88

Sample size – 88 students from BIM

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MAJOR FINDINGS:1. Copying presentation from internet has hardly anything to do with

students not taking up responsibilities since both are negatively related.

2. Male and female show quite similar willingness or unwillingness towards unethical acts.

3. The level strictness followed in exam induces somewhat more malpractices among students.

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LITERATURE SUPPORT:

1. Origins of Academic Dishonesty: Ethical Orientations and Personality Factors Associated with Attitudes about Cheating with Information Technology

Stephanie Etter, Mt. Aloysius CollegeJackie J. Cramer, University of Pittsburgh,

TitusvilleSeth Finn, Robert Morris University

2. Students’ Unethical Behaviour: Insights from an African Country

Mehran Nejati, School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Salaheldin Ismail, Department of Business Administration, Helwan University, Egypt

Azadeh Shafaei, School of Humanities, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

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