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Five Important Considerations for the Development of Anti-corruption Education in Malaysia for Young People

Lim Mengzhen, Eliza Berezina, Wan Munira Wan Jaafar, Azlina Mohd Khir, Hanina H. Hamsan

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i11/11777

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Anti-corruption education is important in curbing corruption behavior. However, there is limited evidence about what should be designed into the anti-corruption curriculum for young people. Hence, this study intends to make suggestions about the development of anti-corruption education in Malaysia based on Theory of Social Representation. A survey to explore young people’s lay representation toward corruption was carried out. 232 respondents between 18 to 33 years old (M=19.79, SD=2.65) participated in this cross-sectional survey performed in Malays Language and translated into English for report purposes. The lay representation of the terms "corruption” was obtained using the free association and the rank-frequency technique. The result suggests five important considerations for the development of anti-corruption education: (1) educate people about the concept of corruption that includes not only money exchange; (2) continue to provide examples of integrity and legal practices in politics; (3) educate people about all types of corruption, (4) emphasize that corruption is not acceptable regardless of any situation or circumstances and (5) educate people about the effects of corruption. This suggestion could be used by the government, stakeholders, schools, and non-profit organizations who are interested in educating the public or creating anti-corruption awareness among young people in Malaysia.

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In-Text Citation: (Mengzhen et al., 2021)
To Cite this Article: Mengzhen, L., Berezina, E., Jaafar, W. M. W., Khir, A. M., & Hamsan, H. H. (2021). Five Important Considerations for the Development of Anti-corruption Education in Malaysia for Young People. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(11), 2583–2596.