Online Learning and Students' Ethical Behavior During Covid-19: For Better or for Worse?

With Covid-19 limiting social interaction to prevent the spread of viral infections, the education sector in Indonesia, “forced” schools and higher education to carry out online learning. However, there is a concern that online learning may affect the students' ethical behavior. As there is no human interaction, students are getting used to not meeting people or socializing, so they tend to ignore ethical norms in socializing. The purpose of the study is to find out if students' ethical behavior is related to interpersonal and communication skills. The study used a quantitative method with a sample of 132 active students at the Creativepreneurship Study Program using purposive sampling. The findings showed online learning supports communication and interpersonal skills, but unable to form students' ethical behavior. Online learning behavior, online courses require definite objectives, inner motives, synchronous feedback, and independence of the learners. Even though there are rules regarding ethical behaviour, the rules themselves are not able to influence the student's ethical behavior. Online learning and students' behavior is not only the responsibility of the lecturer, but also the responsibility of the students and their parents.