Academic Dishonesty Among Business Students: Cheating Acts and Proposed Ways to Reduce Cheating Behavior

2016 ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nor Azian Abdul Rahman ◽  
Norashikin Hussein ◽  
Mashitah Mohamed Esa
Keyword(s):  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Cheating Behavior

Religious Orientation, Incentive, Self-Esteem, and Gender as Predictors of Academic Dishonesty: An Experimental Approach

2005 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 137-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Paul Williamson ◽  
Aresh Assadi
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Monetary Incentive ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Cheating Behavior ◽  
Religious Orientation Scale ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
And Gender

It is widely assumed that religion is responsible for dictating and guiding moral behavior. This study investigated that claim and its relationship to monetary incentive, self-esteem, and gender within the context of academic dishonesty. A sample of 65 undergraduate students (32 men; 33 women) were assessed using a revision of Allport's Religious Orientation Scale (Gorsuch & McPherson, 1989) and then monitored for cheating on a computerized version of the Graduate Records Exam under different experimental conditions. Self-esteem (high, average, low) and monetary incentive ($5, nothing) were manipulated, and gender was selected to measure their effect on cheating behavior. Results of this study found that: (1) participants’ religious orientation was not related to their tendency to cheat in any way; (2) participants cheated significantly more when receiving monetary incentive for their performance than when they did not; (3) participants with induced low self-esteem cheated significantly more than those with induced high self-esteem; and (4) men cheated more than women at a level that bordered on significance (p < .06). Academic performance (GPA) was not found related to academic cheating. Findings are discussed in the context of existing literature.

scholarly journals Differences in Egyptian Students’ Attitudes to Academic Dishonesty and Related Behaviors: The Case of Business Students

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 175-185
Author(s):  
Dina Metwally
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Predictive Accuracy ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Academic Cheating ◽  
Academic Behaviors ◽  
University Admission ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Research Findings

Academic cheating is one type of unethical academic behaviors or academic dishonesty. The level of cheating among undergraduate students has tremendously increased. Academic cheating is crucial as it affects the credibility and predictive accuracy in university admission criteria. Despite the concern with academic dishonesty (cheating), most research has been conducted in Western context. Western research has been useful in providing in-depth understanding of causes of academic cheating however; it is uncertain whether the same research findings are applicable to Arab/Middle Eastern countries. This study focuses on academic cheating among Egyptian undergraduate students. The aim is to explore differences in students’ attitudes and reported behaviors to cheating across academic years. Research findings report no significant difference among business students with regard to behaviors and attitudes to academic dishonesty. Except for few statements, students have similar responses to the used scenarios. Findings of this study have important implications to the faculty and its staff. More attention should be given to the communication of right academic behaviors to students, students’ evaluation and assessment, invigilation system, punishment of wrong behaviors, and evaluation of academics.

scholarly journals Effects of Performance Goals and Social Norms on Academic Dishonesty in a Test

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Daumiller ◽  
Stefan Janke
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Achievement Goals ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Performance Goals ◽  
First Year ◽  
Manipulation Check ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Cheating Behavior ◽  
The Social

BackgroundPrevious research has shown that achievement goals affect the frequency of academic dishonesty. However, mixed findings suggest that especially the effect of performance goals might depend on contextual factors. AimsWe wanted to investigate whether crucial aspects of the achievement situation influence the magnitude of the effect of performance goals (here: focused on appearance) on dishonesty. Specifically, we propose that social norms regarding the acceptance of dishonesty moderate the positive effect of performance goals on academic dishonesty. SampleWe sampled 105 German university students. They were in their first year at university and on average 20.6 (SD = 3.6) years old (72.4% female).MethodWe conducted a 2 (induced appearance goals versus no goal induction) x 2 (cheating confederate versus no observable cheating behavior by this person) experiment. A manipulation check confirmed that the manipulation of appearance goals was successful. Cheating behavior was observed by a confederate student and subsequently classified by two raters. Additionally, participants’ dishonesty in self-presentation questions was measured using deviations from baseline measures.Results The induction of appearance goals only led to increased cheating when the social norm suggested that cheating behavior was an acceptable way to increase performance (i.e., cheating confederate condition). For deceiving, we found a positive main effect of appearance goals and a negative interaction effect.ConclusionsTaken together, our results highlight that the mixed findings on the effect of performance goals on academic dishonesty might be due to uninvestigated moderators such as social norms. Future research should build on these findings to identify additional moderators.

Understanding Dishonest Academic Behaviour Amongst Business Students – The Business Leaders of the Future

2014 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
pp. 331-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Bagraim ◽  
Suki Goodman ◽  
Stephanie Pulker
Keyword(s):  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Theory Of Planned Behaviour ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Planned Behaviour ◽  
History Of ◽  
Undergraduate Business Students

This study applies the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to increase understanding about dishonest academic behaviour amongst undergraduate business students. A total of 579 respondents from three universities in South Africa completed an online survey about their beliefs regarding academic dishonesty, their intentions to engage in dishonest academic behaviour and their recent history of dishonest academic behaviour. A partial least squares (PLS) structural model shows that the TPB significantly explains dishonest academic behaviour. Validated TPB models that help to predict dishonest academic behaviour should be helpful in designing interventions to decrease academic dishonesty and thereby help to prevent later unethical business practices.

A study of 207 graduate business students found that 80% had engaged in at least one of 15 unethical academic practices as a graduate student (Brown, 1995). These students also perceived themselves as more ethical than their undergraduate counterparts, although they had similar rates of academic dishonesty. Because the research conducted among various graduate schools has been lim-ited in scope, we systematically investigated the definition, prevalence, perceived prevalence, and severity of, as well as justifications for and expected responses to, academic dishonesty at the graduate level using the same approach as LaGrange (1992). These issues were assessed and compared from the perspectives of students and faculty representing multiple disciplines within the university. Students', fac-ulty members', and administrators' ideal and realistic expectations of how cheating would be handled were also examined. Finally, the relation between academically dishonest behavior and student demographic variables was examined. METHOD Procedure A sample of students, faculty, and administrators at the graduate and professional school level was obtained from a large, private, religiously affiliated Midwestern university. All programs were invited to participate in this research, and 22 pro-grams agreed to participate. Students, faculty, and administrators all received pack-ets that contained a recruitment letter, a survey, two answer sheets, and an envelope for returning the survey via intercampus mail. Respondents were asked to return the surveys unmarked if they did not want to complete them. Surveys were placed in the campus mailboxes of 2,669 graduate students. One department did not have mailboxes and consequently 83 surveys were distributed via U.S. mail. Surveys were distributed to 387 faculty and 50 administrators via intercampus mail. Participants Survey instruments were sent to 2,752 students, with 246 students returning com-pleted surveys for a return rate of 8.9%. The student group is made up of students representing all year levels, working toward a variety of graduate degrees (MA, MS, JD, MD, and PhD), and representing the social sciences, natural sciences, hu-manities, health sciences, nursing, law, and medicine. Survey instruments were sent to 387 faculty, with 49 faculty returning com-pleted surveys for a return rate of 12.6%. The faculty sample was 61.2% men, and included 34 (69.4%) tenured faculty and 15 (30.6%) nontenure-track faculty. Sev-enty-seven percent of the faculty were either associate or full professors. The ma-

2003 ◽  
pp. 75-80
Keyword(s):  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Return Rate ◽  
Professional School ◽  
Religiously Affiliated ◽  
Graduate Degrees ◽  
Academic Practices ◽  
Survey Instruments ◽  
Faculty And Administrators ◽  
The University

Changes over Time in Academic Dishonesty at the Collegiate Level

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 763-768 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane Spiller ◽  
Deborah F. Crown
Keyword(s):  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Linear Trend ◽  
Significant Linear Trend ◽  
Cheating Behavior ◽  
Collegiate Level ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time

Recent assertions that collegiate cheating has risen dramatically have increased in frequency. We examine the possibility that these assertions are based on comparisons of studies of different behaviors with varied methodologies, and different opportunities to cheat. To assess the increase in cheating we identified a cheating behavior which had been empirically studied consistently from the early 1900s. When the percentages of students who cheated in these studies were compared across time periods, while controlling for methodological differences, no significant linear trend was found.

scholarly journals Personal Moral Philosophy of Undergraduates towards Academic Dishonesty

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 144
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Lawrence D'Silva ◽  
Chan Ling Meng ◽  
Jamilah Othman ◽  
Zoharah Omar
Keyword(s):  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Moral Belief ◽  
Academic Cheating ◽  
Cheating Behavior ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
The Relationship

<p>Undeniably moral belief among undergraduates is pertinent since it will provide a better perspective to seek for answers on the possible reasons undergraduates engage in unethical behavior. However, the existing literature showed that only limited studies focused in this specific moral belief development of undergraduates. Hence, the main aim of this study is to identify the level of personal moral philosophy (idealism and relativism) of undergraduates and to examine the relationship between the personal moral philosophy and undergraduates’ academic cheating behavior. Data were collected from 620 undergraduates through questionnaire surveys by employing a simple random sampling. The study found that undergraduates are lately more idealism compared to relativism, which indicated that students are aware with the academic cheating behavior and try to avoid involving in it. Future recommendations are provided to further understand the complexities associated with academic dishonesty.</p>

scholarly journals Academic Dishonesty: Why Business Students Participate in these Practices?

2013 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 152-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadijah Iberahim ◽  
Norashikin Hussein ◽  
Nusrah Samat ◽  
Fauziah Noordin ◽  
Normala Daud
Keyword(s):  
Academic Dishonesty ◽  
Business Students
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