Fraude acadêmica: um estudo da percepção dos docentes do departamento de Finanças e Contabilidade da Universidade Federal da Paraíba

Abstract

This research aimed to discuss, through the point of view of the professors of the Department of Finances and Accounting, about academic fraud, its incidence, the impact caused by them, motivating factors and as well as some control methods. The theoretical basis was based on articles and books on academic fraud, and some concepts about the fraud triangle were also used. For the accomplishment of this research, was used the quantitative approach of the data. Data collection was done through a questionnaire applied to professors of the Department of Finances and Accounting of the Universidade Federal da Paraíba. The data allowed an analysis of the perception of teachers about the most frequent fraud in the classroom and methods of combating them.