Level of ethical behavior among engineering students: Polytechnic Malaysia
Date
2017Author
A. Muqsith, Ahmad
Zaharah, Hussin
Farazila, Yusof
Mohd Ridhuan, Mohd Jamil
Mohd Hafizee, Shahri
Ma Kalthum, Ishak
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Recently, the increasing number of social problems has put society in
unease situation regardless they are committed by professionals or nonprofessionals.
This is due to, among others, lack of good values to drive
individuals in the right way. Thus, the article discusses level of ethical
behaviour among engineering students at polytechnic in Malaysia. The
article adopts quantitative approach by using survey technic. Data
collection is conducted using set of questionnaire and then the collected
data is analysed using SPSS 22.0 software. The interpretation of data is
explained using descriptive statistic method. The value of alpha cronbach
collected is α = 0.696 and the article involved 391 students from 3
polytechnics in Malaysia. In total, level of ethical behaviour among
engineering students in polytechnics of Malaysia is at moderate level with
mean score = 2.41 and standard deviation = 1.23. However, collected
data shows that 64% of students committed at least once unethical
behaviour during their period of study. This article concludes with
several recommendations to solve the issue.