Studying the Effects of Adherence to Religious Beliefs (Piety) on Scientific Integrity: Reviewing the Viewpoint of Accounting Students

The purpose of this study is to survey the effect of adherence to religious faith and beliefs (piety) on academic integrity in accounting students.

This paper employs a survey-applied study. Also, a questionnaire and a simple random sampling is used for 119 accounting students of different degrees in the country. The structural equation method is used to analyze the findings.

The research findings show that there is a positive and significant correlation between adherence to religious beliefs (piety) and academic integrity in accounting students.

As a result, an increment of religious faith and beliefs, leads to a better academic integrity in accounting students. These findings show how religious faith and beliefs can be effective on increasing academic integrity in accounting students.