A STUDY OF COMPUTER ETHICS VIOLATION  pt2

In addition, According to IIUM website, the philosophy of the university is to create international center of educational excellence which integrate Islamic Knowledge and values in all disciplines. Furthermore, In IIUM, integrity (Istiqamah) is recognized as the essence of the university code of ethics. IIUM Code of Ethics (2008) requires students to the code of ethics strictly in their academic works and general lives. This code of ethics contains many core values such as piety, honesty, trustworthiness, responsibility, sincerity, accountability, justice and transparency. With this code of ethics, IIUM students’ practices are expected to be ethically (IIUM Codes of Ethics, 2008). In addition, IIUM requires integrity practice to be able to produce ethically outstanding scholars in various fields of studies (Moshood, 2010). As a result, it requires firm commitment to the implementation of academic integrity policies. Consequently, IIUM administrators and faculty are expected to be committed to implement the integrity policies in campus. Therefore, this study firstly will examine the level of students’ violation of computer ethics in two different Kullyyahs with the existence of Islamic values in the university. Moreover, the researcher will investigate if there is any relationship between students’ violation of computer ethics and the level of IIUM faculty and managements’ commitment to the implementation of academic integrity policy from students’ perspective.

Finally, there are some researches were conducted in the field of computer ethics. The large number of these studies conducted to investigate students’ awareness and perceptions of computer ethics and ethical beliefs (Adebayo, 2005; Akbulut, Usal, Odabasi & Kuzu, 2008; Acilar, 2010; Jabour, 2011; Maslin & Zuraini, 2008; Maslin, Zuraini& Ramlah, 2009; Molnar, Kletke & Chongwatpo, 2008; North, George &North, 2007; Perryer & Jordan, 2002; Peterson, Rhoad & Vangght, 2001; Virginiam, Kelly& Kathleen, 2011; Teston, 2008). Furthermore, these studies investigated the impact of gender, computer experience, age and program of the study on ethical judgments and ethica