Contract cheating & the market in essays

Exploring Students’ Perception and Experience of Ghostwriting and Contract Cheating in Nigeria Higher Education Institutions

“…From the reviewed literature the authors that explored the motivating factors behind the practice of contract cheating and ghostwriting all had different conclusions (Lancaster & Clarke, 2007;Osipian, 2012;Hu & Wu, 2013;Rigby et al, 2015;Zheng & Cheng, 2015). Where Rigby et al (2015) note that the fear of achieving lower grades as well as a student's enrolment in a foreign language speaking country are major factors that compels students to cheat, Lancaster and Clarke (2007) blame institutional admission criteria, poor student understanding of plagiarism and poor academic skills while Hu and Wu (2013) and Osipian (2012) emphasize the monetary value of the practice as the prevailing influences to engage in these practices.…”

“…Conducting what they describe as the first empirical economic investigation regarding the decision to cheat by university students and what influences their willingness to participate in the essay market as well as their valuation of the paper, Rigby et al (2015) come to very telling conclusions. By investigating reasons and influences on student demands using hypothetical scenarios, they found that certain factors will influence a student's propensity to take risks and such factors includes: the enrollment of a student in a non-native language country, the believe that the student will attain lower grades, the probability of detection and the potential penalty for contracting.…”

Ethical and legal observations on contract cheating services as an agreement

“…Curtis and Clare (2017) argue that contract cheating is declining due to increased detection tools and associated sanctioning, while prior studies (e.g. Jones, 2008;Rigby et al, 2015) claim the opposite. Hence, the literature on contract cheating related behaviour and awareness of contract cheating makes clear statements on this matter.…”

“…Jones, 2008;McCabe et al, 2001;Murdock and Anderman, 2006;Rigby et al, 2015;Simkin and McLeod, 2010). Curtis and Clare (2017) argue that contract cheating is declining due to increased detection tools and associated sanctioning, while prior studies (e.g.…”

Removing the opportunity for contract cheating in business capstones: a crime prevention case study

“…There is existing contract cheating research that demonstrates the relevance of this theory. Rigby, Burton, Balcombe, Bateman, and Mulatu (2015) found that over 50% of students presented with a hypothetical decision-making task about university assessment items were willing to cheat if the risk of detection was low. This likelihood of cheating increased for students for whom English was a second language.…”