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21 J. Legal Ethical & Regul. Isses 1 (2018)
Free-Riderism among Academicians: An Ethical of Islamic Perspective

handle is hein.journals/jnlolletl21 and id is 636 raw text is: Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues FREE-RIDERISM AMONG ACADEMICIANS: AN ETHICAL OF ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVE Mohd Nizam Sahad, Universiti Sains Malaysia Fathullah Asni, Universiti Sains Malaysia ABSTRACT Many academics emphasize free-riderism issues in academic writing. They give the various factors of the problem, among which are high KPI requirements and compete for promotion. This study is to identify non-ethical elements according to Islamic perspective in free- riderism among academicians and therefore to provide solution methods to prevent free-riderism practices. This study is qualitative in which data is collected through library research, i.e. by referring to authoritative newspapers, Islamic ethics books, constitutions and journals. The data were analyzed using document and content analysis. The findings show that there are three non- ethical elements in free-riderism practices that include treason (khiyanah), fraud and trick (hilah). The findings also show that there are ethical values of Islam to be applied in order to prevent free-riderism practices among academics that include intent (niyyah), wasatiyyah, trust (amanah) and courtesy (ihsan). Keywords: Islamic Ethics, Free-Riderism, Academicians, Malaysia, Legal. INTRODUCTION In line with the rising ranks of universities in Malaysia both at the local and international levels is a remarkable achievement (Abdullah, 2018). This increase is because the policy of the university is today which is fully autonomous, wants to meet the ranking criteria to compete with universities at the international level. One of the criteria that need to be met is to multiply indexed publishing quantities. The university has included these criteria as a compulsory assignment of lecturers and compulsory requirements for graduates at post-graduate levels (KPM, 2015). Although there is a positive impact on the policy, it is undeniable that there is a negative impact. According to Yusof (2016), in an urgent situation to pursue ranks, names and positions because of the urgent system pursuing university ranking and achieving Key Performance Index (KPI) respectively, through the volume and quantity of publications to be published in the ISI, Scopus and ERA for an academic scholar within a year, has expressed concern over the deteriorating moral and ethical values among university academic staff. Among the moral values that concern is 'free-riderism practices among academics who are so serious and uncontrolled has attracted some academics such as Salleh (2011), Yusof (2016), Aminah (2017), Khairunneezam (2017) and Kairuldin (2017). According to LaFollette (1992), the term 'free-riderism comes from terminology honorary authorship or ghost authorship. Honorary authorship is a practice of awarding to individuals in the form of writing 1544-0044-21-4-243 Volume 21, Issue 4, 2018 1

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