The role of regulations in managing cases of academic cheating

• Author: Drilona Llangos
• Position: Faculty of Social Sciences, UT
• Pages: 53-62

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Balkan Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

ISSN 2410-759X

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

Vol. 6 No.2

September, 2020

The role of regulations in managing cases of academic cheating

MSc. Drilona Llangos

Faculty of Social Sciences, UT

Abstract

Academic cheating is challenge for the integrity of the university. It refers as a serious problem

facing higher institutions of education in recent decades. To reduce and fi ght this phenomenon

in the functioning of universities serve the rules and codes of ethics; in which the policies

pursued the management of academic cases of cheating are described.

The purpose of this paper is to understand the e ectiveness of the regulations of Tirana

University in managing identifi ed cases of academic dishonesty. The research questions raised

are: How were proceed with the identifi ed cases of academic cheating among students? Has

a ected the implementation of regulations in the reduction of academic cheating among

students?

It turns out that there is a lack of information among students about the management of

academic dishonesty cases. The fi ndings show that punitive measures provided in the existing

regulations to fi ght academic dishonesty in students do not fi nd practical application in all

identifi ed cases.

Keywords: academic dishonesty, integrity, management, regulation, code of ethics.

Introduction

University sta must refl ect a high standard of personal and professional integrity

in the course of their work, applying the relevant legal framework, to ensure that

the work process is carried out in a transparent and accountable manner (EU

Regulation). By applying high professional standards in the performance of work

and bearing responsibility for the assessments made and the materials prepared, the

tasks are fulfi lled with competence and impartiality. They also have an obligation not

to allow personal relationships to a ect them and not to create the impression that

they a ect professional relationships (EU Regulation). This also requires students

to apply a set of rules and principles during their studies and in the meantime they

are guaranteed the rights they gain from their status of student. For this reason, a

number of regulatory policies operate in the academic environment, such as codes

of ethics, university regulations and statutes, which have been selected as a reference

for the theoretical treatment of this paper.

The analysis of the documentation used as the main instrument will serve to

understand the e ectiveness of regulations and codes of ethics in practice and will

help the theoretical support of the study to fulfi ll be er its purpose.

The use of structured questionnaires to the students to measure their a itudes

regarding the management of academic dishonesty has served as a practical tools.

The questionnaire was used on 370 students of the University of Tirana, regarding

the reaction of the relevant authorities and bodies of the university / faculty for the

cases of academic dishonesty reported by the students themselves. Specifi cally, 190