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Understanding unethical behaviors at the university level: a multiple regression analysis
Tomas BonaviaMartín Juliánsubject
Psicologia socialComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSIONSocial PsychologyCorruptionmedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciencesUniversity levelRegression analysisData_CODINGANDINFORMATIONTHEORY06 humanities and the arts0603 philosophy ethics and religionRisk perception0502 economics and businessComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDSOCIETY060301 applied ethicsPsychologySocial psychology050203 business & managementGeneral Psychologymedia_commondescription
Unethical behaviors such as corruption pose an important challenge for students, professors, and other university members. We aimed to clarify students' willingness to engage in corruption in a Spanish public university. In all, 3,475 undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD students completed an online questionnaire assessing four corruption scenarios: favoritism, bribery, fraud, and embezzlement. Multiple regression analysis suggested that justifiability, risk perception, and perceived corruption played a key role in explaining corrupt intention. Behavioral intention to engage in corruption is a complex phenomenon explained by not only peers' behaviors, but also individuals' justifications of their acts and risk perceptions.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-30 | Ethics & Behavior |