Modeling and analysis of barriers to ethics in online assessment by TISM and fuzzy MICMAC analysis

IF 1.9 Q2 ETHICS

Asian Journal of Business Ethics Pub Date : 2022-11-10 DOI:10.1007/s13520-022-00158-x

Sonica Rautela, Nehajoan Panackal, Adya Sharma

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Abstract

The pandemic of COVID-19 has altered the world canvas forever. The education sector, too, has been impacted by the same. There has been a phenomenal rise in e-platforms for teaching, learning, and evaluation. Teachers and students had to train themselves overnight to embrace the changing dynamics of the education sector. The change has been marked with challenges. In this new education landscape, online exams have occupied center stage. While the idea of giving exams from any part of the world welcomes freedom, it also raises concerns among faculty and students about academic integrity. Thus, as online studies and online assessment continue to expand, the paper aims to identify the factors responsible for unethical practices in online assessment. The paper further identifies the association between the identified factors. The paper proposes a four-level model that focuses on the lack of training for both faculty and students, interpersonal barriers, technological barriers, time management, personal ethics, and design of assessment as underlying reasons for unethical behavior in online assessments. The paper further explains the linkages using fuzzy MICMAC analysis. The results have both practical and social implications. Understanding the factors and their relationship with each other can help the instructors and administrators in their decision-making process regarding online evaluations and formulate policies that would instill strong ethical values, such as academic integrity and honesty, in their students throughout their academic journey.

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基于TISM和模糊MICMAC分析的在线评估伦理障碍建模与分析

摘要2019冠状病毒病大流行永远改变了世界的格局。教育部门也受到了同样的影响。用于教学、学习和评估的电子平台出现了惊人的增长。教师和学生必须在一夜之间训练自己，以接受教育部门不断变化的动态。这一变化伴随着挑战。在这种新的教育格局中，在线考试占据了中心舞台。虽然在世界任何地方举行考试的想法都欢迎自由，但这也引起了教师和学生对学术诚信的担忧。因此，随着在线学习和在线评估的不断扩大，本文旨在确定导致在线评估中不道德行为的因素。本文进一步确定了识别因素之间的关联。本文提出了一个四级模型，重点关注教师和学生缺乏培训、人际障碍、技术障碍、时间管理、个人道德和评估设计，这些都是在线评估中不道德行为的潜在原因。本文利用模糊MICMAC分析进一步解释了两者之间的联系。研究结果具有实际意义和社会意义。了解这些因素及其相互之间的关系，可以帮助教师和管理人员在网上评估的决策过程中制定政策，从而在学生的整个学术生涯中灌输强烈的道德价值观，如学术诚信和诚实。

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Asian Journal of Business Ethics ETHICS-

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2.60

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38.50%

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期刊介绍： The Asian Journal of Business Ethics (AJBE) publishes original articles from a wide variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives concerning ethical issues related to business in Asia, including East, Southeast and South-central Asia. Like its well-known sister publication Journal of Business Ethics, AJBE examines the moral dimensions of production, consumption, labour relations, and organizational behavior, while taking into account the unique societal and ethical perspectives of the Asian region. The term ''business'' is understood in a wide sense to include all systems involved in the exchange of goods and services, while ''ethics'' is understood as applying to all human action aimed at securing a good life. We believe that issues concerning corporate responsibility are within the scope of ethics broadly construed. Systems of production, consumption, marketing, advertising, social and economic accounting, labour relations, public relations and organizational behaviour will be analyzed from a moral or ethical point of view. The style and level of dialogue involve all who are interested in business ethics - the business community, universities, government agencies, non-government organizations and consumer groups.The AJBE viewpoint is especially relevant today, as global business initiatives bring eastern and western companies together in new and ever more complex patterns of cooperation and competition.