Perception of Students on Ethics

Abstract

Quality of an institution can be assessed through ethical behavior questions and its perception from
students’ point of view. Ethics is a paramount consideration that plays an important role in daily life. Ethics
commonly refers to rules and principles that define a right or wrong conduct. The role of a University/ College is
not only subject teaching but also educating students about ethical situations and how they must react/respond to it.
Students are often prone to ethical violations and professors must educate the students to smartly handle them.
Educators’ ethical/unethical way of looking at situations would highly have an instant impact on students.
Professors should hold a high standard of ethics. This paper discusses the results of samples collected from two
main institutions in Puducherry region alone. The focus is on students’ perceptions about certain ethical
situations/behavior. It also measures professors’ role in shaping the students’ overall behavior. The results reveal
that most of the situations discussed are unethical from students’ point of view and there is generally no
demographic association between ethical situation questions and students’ perceptions. It is also evident that most
of the students are satisfied with the professors’ role in shaping their overall development and grooming their
personality.