Is University Students’ Value Orientation toward Integrity Behind Their Decision to Cheat or Not Cheat in Exams?

  • Anggara Wisesa School of Business and Management - ITB
  • Dematria Pringgabayu Politeknik Pajajaran ICB
  • Adita Pritasari School of Business and Management - ITB
  • Nurfaisa Hidayanti School of Business and Management - ITB
  • Dany Muhammad Athory Ramdlany School of Business and Management - ITB
Keywords: integrity, organizational value, organizational behavior, value orientation, academic infringement

Abstract

Organizational values characterize every activity, including the behavior of the members of an organization, and their decision-making. However, there are moments in which the members of the organization violate the values, even though they know they should not. It also happens to university students. This fact brings us to reflect on how the values are interpreted in value orientation. By employing the phenomenological method using Kohlberg’s constructivist theory of moral development stages, this study explored the value orientation towards integrity in business school students’ decisions to cheat or not. The result indicates that even for students who face the same decision to cheat or not, their decision is affected by how they understand the value of integrity, which depends on their value orientation and their cognitive moral development. Most respondents had a mindset of egoistic value orientation, which is more concerned with the benefits and payback when making a decision. Most cases happened without there being a prior decision to cheat; the decision is made at the time of the exam by considering the emerging internal or external situational factors.

Author Biographies

Anggara Wisesa, School of Business and Management - ITB

WISESA, Anggara, is a  Lecturer at School of Business and Management – Bandung Institute of Technology (SNM-ITB), Bandung, Indonesia. He earned his Ph.D. (2016), in Meta-Ethics from Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia; and his Master of Management (2009) in Ethical Decision Making from Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, Indonesia. He has published several publications in peer reviewed national journals, and he has several papers that have been presented in International Conferences.

Authors’ contact detail: School of Business and Management Bandung Institute of Technology, Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung Indonesia – 40132; phone: +62 22 2531923, Cell phone: +62 8159071653; e-mail: anggara@sbm-itb.ac.id

Dematria Pringgabayu, Politeknik Pajajaran ICB

PRINGGABAYU, Dematria (SCOPUS ID: 57193740547), is Lecturer at Politeknik Pajajaran ICB Bandung. He earned his Master of Management (2016) from Universitas Widyatama Bandung, Indonesia. He has published articles in peer reviewed international and national journals, and several paper presented in international conference

Authors’ contact detail: Polytechnic Padjadjaran ICB Bandung, Jl. PH.H. Mustofa No.39, Pasirlayung, Cibeunying Kidul, Bandung, West Java 40192, Indonesia; Phone(022) 7104355; e-mail: demabayu5@gmail.com.

Adita Pritasari, School of Business and Management - ITB

PRITASARI, Adita (Scopus Author ID: 57201423833), is Academic Assistant at SBM ITB, Bandung, Indonesia. She earned her Master Degree of Science in Management (2013) from the same institution. She has several papers has been presented in International Conference.

Authors’ contact detail: School of Business and Management Bandung Institute of Technology, Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung Indonesia – 40132; phone: +62 22 2531923, Cell phone: +62 8159071653; e-mail: adita.pritasari@sbm-itb.ac.id

Nurfaisa Hidayanti, School of Business and Management - ITB

HIDAYANTI, Nurfaisa (Scopus Author ID: 57201677940), is a Part Time Lecturer at School of Business and Management, Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Bandung, Indionesia. He earned her Master of Professional Psychology (2014) from Padjajaran University Bandung, Indonesia.

Authors’ contact detail: School of Business and Management Bandung Institute of Technology, Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung Indonesia – 40132, or (home) Jalan Ligar Arum 18, Bandung, Indoneia; Cellular phone: +61 8170200006; e-mail: nurfaisa.hidayanti@sbm-itb.ac.id.

Dany Muhammad Athory Ramdlany, School of Business and Management - ITB

RAMDLANY, Dany Muhammad Athory (Scopus Author ID: 57189377852), is a Lecturer and Researcher at School of Business and Management, ITB, Bandung, Indonesia. He earned his Master of Communications and Media (2017) from Univeristas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia. He has an article accepted in Medwell Journal (Bureaucracy Reform: Aligning the Basic Values of Profession and Competences of State Apparatus), and several paper presented in international conferences.

Authors’ contact detail: School of Business and Management Bandung Institute of Technology, Jl. Ganesha 10, Bandung Indonesia – 40132; or (home) Jl. Sulaksana II No.12 RT.02 RW.08 Kel. Cicaheum, Kiaracondong, Bandung, Indonesia; Cellular phone: 081224290808; e-mail: danyathory@gmail.com.

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Published
2019-04-22
How to Cite
Wisesa, A., Pringgabayu, D., Pritasari, A., Hidayanti, N., & Ramdlany, D. M. A. (2019). Is University Students’ Value Orientation toward Integrity Behind Their Decision to Cheat or Not Cheat in Exams?. Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business, 21(1), 91-108. Retrieved from https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/v3/gamaijb/article/view/15688