Causes of Unethical Behaviour

1. CAUSES OF
UNETHICAL
BEHAVIOUR
Group 4
Arindam Das (29005)
Jatin Jaswani (29016)
Lokesh Arya (29023)
Mayookh Chaudhuri
(29027)
Piyushree Nagrale (29036)
Vaibhav Kumar (29055)
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2. 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
Etc.
Time
constraint
Strive for
excellence
Decision
Causes
Variable
Unethical Ethical
Pictorial
diagram
Of the
model

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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
analysis
Gender 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 College
Jackie J. Cramer, University of Pittsburgh, Titusville
Seth 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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