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Cheating is not a new phenomenon but a well-known type of academic dishonesty that occur among students regardless level of education in both private and public universities. In order to produce a first-class quality of manpower in the future, academic field plays an important role in shaping the students. Previous studies found that business students cheat more than their non-business-student peers. To date, there is limited evidence on cheating and guidelines to prevent cheating behaviour among business students especially in Malaysian context. Thus, the objectives of the study are: (1) to identify the cheating engagement acts commonly used by business students; and (2) to determine the most efficient ways to reduce cheating behavior among business students. A total of 120 sets of questionnaire survey were collected across 4 academic programs offered by the faculty of a public university in Malaysia. The findings revealed that most of the students used extra help during exam. Furthermore, it was suggested that cheating behaviour can be reduced through code of ethics, public campaign and increased supervision. Implications and future research directions are discussed.
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Rahman, N.A.A., Hussein, N., Esa, M.M. (2016). Academic Dishonesty Among Business Students: Cheating Acts and Proposed Ways to Reduce Cheating Behavior. In: Fook, C., Sidhu, G., Narasuman, S., Fong, L., Abdul Rahman, S. (eds) 7th International Conference on University Learning and Teaching (InCULT 2014) Proceedings. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-664-5_18
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