Online academic fraud among accounting students in higher educational institutions / Nur Adlina Mat Roegi

Academic fraud is any fraudulent activity or attempt by a writer or writers to utilise illegal or inappropriate means in any academic work. Academic fraud, or called as dishonesty among students, presents an ongoing challenge for administrators worldwide. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between each element in the Fraud Diamond Theory namely pressure, opportunity, rationalization and capability with the online academic fraud among accounting students at the Universiti Teknologi Mara Kelantan Branch (UiTMCK). A set of questionnaires was distributed to students at the (UiTMCK). Data was gathered from 142 accounting students at the Universiti Teknologi Mara Kelantan Branch (UiTMCK) and analyzed with SPSS Statistics version 27. The results derived in the study showed a statistically significant positive relationship between three basic variables of fraud theory which were opportunity, rationalisation and capability with online academic fraud. However, element pressure had no significant relationship with online academic fraud. The results would assist the administrators, educators and any other parties that related in Malaysia and other countries in developing policies and rules to minimize cases of fraudulent in academic for the better future.