Julián Martín, Bonavia Tomas
Department of Psychology, Universidad Europea de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Department of Social Psychology, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain.
Front Psychol. 2022 Apr 19;13:842345. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.842345. eCollection 2022.
Most research on corruption in educational settings has focused on a cross-national and macro-level analysis; however, to our knowledge, few papers have sought to explore individual perceptions that explain corruption in higher education. The present research aimed to disentangle students' predictors of corrupt intention in a Spanish public university. A total of 933 undergraduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. students filled out an online survey measuring four corruption scenarios: favoritism, bribery, fraud, and embezzlement. Path analysis (PA) revealed that justifiability, risk perception, and perceived prevalence of corruption were significant factors in predicting corrupt intention. Moreover, willingness to report a corrupt act was predicted by corrupt intention, justifiability, and risk perception. Corrupt behavior is a complex phenomenon explained not only by peers' behavior, but also by their individual justifications and perception of risk. Education is not free of corruption, and universities must address this urgent problem in order to avoid future economic, societal, and ethical problems.
大多数关于教育领域腐败问题的研究都集中在跨国和宏观层面的分析上；然而，据我们所知，很少有论文试图探讨能够解释高等教育腐败现象的个人认知。本研究旨在剖析西班牙一所公立大学中影响学生腐败意图的因素。共有933名本科生、研究生和博士生填写了一份在线调查问卷，该问卷测量了四种腐败情形：偏袒、贿赂、欺诈和挪用公款。路径分析（PA）表明，合理性、风险认知以及对腐败现象的感知普遍性是预测腐败意图的重要因素。此外，腐败意图、合理性和风险认知能够预测举报腐败行为的意愿。腐败行为是一个复杂的现象，不仅可以由同伴的行为来解释，还可以由他们个人的理由和风险认知来解释。教育并非没有腐败现象，大学必须解决这个紧迫问题，以避免未来出现经济、社会和道德问题。
