Faculty of Fabrication and Joining

UniKL MFI

Bangi, Selangor.

Dear Respondent,

We are Bachelor of Engineering Technology (HONS) in Welding and Quality Inspection,

University Kuala Lumpur (MFI). Currently we are conducting a survey entitle ‘Factors
Affecting Students’ Academic Dishonesty: from the Lecturers’ Perspectives’. This
research is part of Professional English 2 subject. We appreciate your kind cooperation in
answering the questions.

Please tick (/) the appropriate answer for each question:

1. Gender:
Male
Female

2. Age:
Below 30
30-39
40-50
Above 50

3. Qualification:
Masters
PhD

4. Position:
Lecturer
Senior lecturer
Associate Professor
Professor

5. Number of years’ service as lecturer

Less than 5 years
5-10 years
11-20 years
21-30 years
Above 30 years

Please indicate your response by circling on the following statement.

 1.0) Academic dishonesty

Academic dishonesty is forms of cheating and plagiarism that involve students giving or
receiving credit for work that is not their own.
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
Question
AD1 Academic dishonesty affects educational environment in 1 2 3 4
many universities.
AD2 I am very concerned about unethical behavior of my 1 2 3 4
students.
AD3 I make sure that cheating students are punished in my 1 2 3 4
class.
AD4 In my opinion, students perform unethical behavior 1 2 3 4
because they are not aware of the punishment.
AD5 UniKL MFI imposes serious punishment to students who 1 2 3 4
perform unethical behavior

2.0) INDIVIDUAL INFLUENCE

2.1) Anxious to get ahead

Dishonest behaviours that students desire to get a better mark.

Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
Question
A1 Sometimes my students plagiarize to get high grades for 1 2 3 4
their assignments.
A2 In my opinion, students cheat in exam because they are 1 2 3 4
afraid of failing in the subject.
A3 From my perspective, students may practice academic 1 2 3 4
dishonesty because they are worried about being
embarrassed in front of others for mistakes that they
might do.
A4 Some of my students may perform academic dishonesty 1 2 3 4
to maintain their high performance.
A5 My students emphasize more on grades than learning. 1 2 3 4
 2.2.) Procrastination

One procrastinates when one delays beginning or completing an intended course of

assignment.
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
Question
P1 I believe my students tend to plagiarize to complete their 1 2 3 4
assignment in the last minute
P2 From my perspective, students plagiarize because they 1 2 3 4
do not have enough time to get information or lack of
resources.
P3 In my opinion, students procrastinate because they have 1 2 3 4
lack of motivation to complete difficult tasks.
P4 Some of my students may copy their friends work 1 2 3 4
because they have a lot of tasks at one time.
P5 I believe procrastination is the main factor that contributes 1 2 3 4
to plagiarism activities.

3.0) SOCIAL INFLUENCE

3.1) Moral identity

Moral identity refers to the relative importance individuals believe to be their overall self-
identity.
Strongly Strongly
Agree Disagree
Question
SI1 I believe competitive pressure from friends lead to 1 2 3 4
academic dishonesty.
SI2 I believe students cheat in exam because their friends 1 2 3 4
accept and consider such activity is normal.
SI3 From my perspective, students allow their friends to 1 2 3 4
plagiarize their work to keep their friendship.
SI4 In my opinion, students tend to cheat in exam because 1 2 3 4
they are lazy to study.
SI5 Academic dishonesty is not a serious issue in my class 1 2 3 4
Please indicate your response by fill in the blank.

4.0) RECOMMENDATION AND OPINION

Q1) In your opinion, what is the appropriate action for the offender caught committing
academic dishonesty (e.q. cheating, plagiarizing etc.)?

Q2) What is the impact on students if these problems are not controlled and solved?

Q3) Do you think this academic dishonesty phenomenon can be resolved?