Agung Yulianto, Akuntansi FE The Effect of Fraud Pentagon and Academic Procrastination Dimensions Towards Academic Dishonesty of Students of Social Science in Senior High School of Semarang. In: Proceedings of the 1st Progress in Social Science, Humanities and Education Research Symposium (PSSHERS 2019).

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Abstract

Academic dishonesty is a dishonest behavior done by students to obtain good marks by violating the regulations so that it harms other people. The effect of students’ academic dishonesty is influenced by several factors such as academic pressure, opportunity, rationalization, individual’s ability in making fraud, personal ethics, and academic procrastination. The objective of this esearch is to know the effect of fraud pentagon and academic procrastination dimensions towards academic dishonesty performed by Grade X Students of Social Sciences in Senior High School of Semarang. The population of this research is the Students of Social Sciences in Senior High School 8 of Semarang amounted to 180 students. The number of samples used are of 125 students that are counted by using Slovin formula. The sampling technique used is proportional random sampling. The data collection method is by using questionnaire method. In addition, the data analysis used is descriptive statistical analysis and multiple linear regression analysis. The result of descriptive analisis show that variabel of personal ethics is in high category, while academic dishonesty, academic pressure, opportunity, rationalization, individual’s ability in making fraud, and academic procrastination in the high enough. The academic pressure, opportunity, rationalization, individual’s ability in making fraud, personal ethics and academic procrastination simultaneously influenced the academic dishonesty. Whereas partially academic pressure, individual’s ability in making fraud, and academic procrastination to influence positively. Opportunities and personal ethics negative influence while rasionalization does not effect. The suggestions given regarding this research’s result are making a condition that does not make the students feel under- pressure like not giving many assignments and making the students accustomed to being discipline, improving guidance and checking as well as applying stricter regulations regarding assignment completion and examination. Furthermore, it is better for students to improve their confidence on the academic ability that they have so that they can minimize the chance of academic dishonesty.

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