Perception, types and control measures of corruption in university students according to gender, cycle and faculty

Abstract

This study considers how university students conceive corruption, identity corrupt activities within their faculty and proposes solutions, according to students' gender, cycle and academic faculty. The sample was of 931 students with a 0.03 margin of error, in various academic faculties.The randomly selected sample answered a questionnaire of 3 points which had been checked for charity of meaning , then groups of 10 or less students discussed their answer in order to check the truth of their answers, showing a correlation of 0.90 between answers in the written and group sessions. With regard to student's concept of corruption, 8% describe it as breaking rules , 11% as abuse of power, 15 % as a misdemeanor, 9% as an illness, and 37% as something done for personal benefit. Among corrupt activities identified are 33% abuse of power by bureaucracies, 9% illicit enrichment and 9% of payment of bribes by students, and 8% abuse of power by teachers. Proposals for controlling corruption include; 19% teaching of values, 13% auditing, 8% transparency, 8% changing systems, 8% changes in individuals and self-awareness and 7% restrictive measures. These results are the same regardless of student gender, cycle or faculty.