A Study of Cheating Beliefs, Engagement, and Perception – The Case of Business and Engineering Students

Ghanem, Carla; Mozahem, Najib A.

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“…Gender. Gender was included as a control variable in our study model as some studies have found relationships between gender and ethical decision-making (Ghanem & Mozahem, 2019 ; Ruegger & King, 1992 ). To ensure students’ anonymity, no other demographic data were collected.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A fluid question is what should be done about the issue of cheating among college students (Rosile, 2007)? Universities are increasingly feeling pressure to produce ethical business students; while some universities attempt to teach ethical reasoning and decision making to their students, the learning from and overall success of business ethics courses is debated (Abend, 2013;Ghanem & Mozahem, 2019;Molnar & Kletke, 2012). We note that the underlying values of business students do seem to be different from those of non-business students; while business classes might have some influence on students' values, it is likely that the students' values had a significant influence on their choice of major.…”

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The Relationships between Personal Values, Justifications, and Academic Cheating for Business vs. Non-Business Students

2021

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In this study we examine college cheating behaviors of business students compared to non-business students, and investigate possible antecedents to cheating in an effort to better understand why and when students cheat. We specifically examine power values; we found that they were positively related to academic cheating in our sample, and that choice of major (business or non-business) partially mediated the relationship between power values and cheating. We also considered the extent to which students provide justifications for their cheating, and found that business students were more likely to justify (rationalize) their cheating behaviors. Finally, we update the literature in terms of the ways students cheat. We assess newer forms of academic cheating, as increased accessibility to information via the Internet and smartphones may have changed the ways and ease with which students cheat – a particularly relevant topic currently, as many classes have moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic. In our study, cheating was especially prevalent when taking quizzes or tests or completing homework online. We found that only 10% of participants reported never engaging in any of the cheating behaviors we examined.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Practical Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Relationships between Personal Values, Justifications, and Academic Cheating for Business vs. Non-Business Students

2021

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“…Gender. Gender was included as a control variable in our study model as some studies have found relationships between gender and ethical decision-making (Ghanem & Mozahem, 2019;Ruegger & King, 1992;Taylor-Bianco & Deeter-Schmelz, 2007). To ensure students' anonymity, no other demographic data were collected.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…An unresolved question is what should be done about the issue of cheating among college students (Rosile, 2007). Universities are increasingly feeling pressure to produce ethical business students, and while some universities attempt to teach ethical reasoning and decision making to their students, the learning from and overall success of business ethics courses is debated (Abend, 2013;Garaventa, 1998;Ghanem & Mozahem, 2019;Goodstein & Butter eld, 2010;Molnar & Kletke, 2012). We note that the underlying values of business students do seem to be different from those of non-business students -and while business classes might have some in uence on students' values, it is likely that the students' values had a signi cant in uence on their choice of major.…”

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The Impact of Personal Values and Justifications on Academic Cheating for Business vs. Non-Business Students

Parks-Leduc¹,

Guay²,

Mulligan³

2020

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In this study we examine college cheating behaviors of business students compared to non-business students, and investigate possible antecedents to cheating in an effort to better understand why and when students cheat. We specifically examine power values; we find that they are positively related to academic cheating in our sample, and that choice of major (business or non-business) partially mediates the relationship between power values and cheating. We also consider the extent to which students are able to provide justifications for their cheating, and find that business students are more likely to justify (rationalize) their cheating behaviors. Finally, we update the literature in terms of the ways students cheat. We assess newer forms of academic cheating, as increased accessibility to information via the Internet and smartphones may have changed the ways (and ease with which) students cheat – a particularly relevant topic currently, as many classes have moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic. In our study, cheating was especially prevalent when taking quizzes or tests (or completing homework) online. We found that only 10% of participants reported never engaging in any of the cheating behaviors we examined.

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“…It should also be noted that all of the departments to which the survey was distributed have minimum grade-point average (GPA) requirements for entrance to major. Studies have shown that higher achieving students tend to violate academic integrity less often than lower achieving students [11]- [13]. Therefore, this student sample may exhibit lower frequencies of academic integrity violation compared to a sample without a lower bound on GPA.…”

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confidence: 89%

Work in Progress: A Student-Instructor Survey on Student Use of Unsanctioned Online Resources

Graybill

Berdanier

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings

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A Study of Cheating Beliefs, Engagement, and Perception – The Case of Business and Engineering Students

Cited by 19 publications

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The Relationships between Personal Values, Justifications, and Academic Cheating for Business vs. Non-Business Students

The Relationships between Personal Values, Justifications, and Academic Cheating for Business vs. Non-Business Students

The Impact of Personal Values and Justifications on Academic Cheating for Business vs. Non-Business Students

Work in Progress: A Student-Instructor Survey on Student Use of Unsanctioned Online Resources

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