Academic ethics: What has morality, culture and administration got to do with its measurement?

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Academic Cheating in Egyptian Universities: Is It All about Corporate Code of Ethics?

“…However, this might cause serious problems. as, It is manager`s responsibility to ensure that business ethics are clear enough to all organizational members (Gbadamosi, 2004). The challenge is to communicate ethics in a way that recognizes that ethics are not obvious and similar in everyone`s understanding.…”

“…The challenge is to communicate ethics in a way that recognizes that ethics are not obvious and similar in everyone`s understanding. Gbadamosi (2004) argues that managers need to avoid too much moral dialogue that might lead to endless dilemma about ethics.…”

“…With few exceptions (e.g. Gbadamosi, 2004), there is a lack of research on students` ethical conduct that relate academic cheating with business ethics (Brown, 2000;Rawwas & Isakson, 2000). The importance of relating business ethics to academic cheating comes from the assumption that students, who are likely to be involved in academic cheating or at least perceive it as an acceptable behavior, would hold similar perception of business ethics and ethical value assessment (Lin, 1999;Khan, 1997;Glenn, 1992;Small.…”

“…Research on academic cheating can be divided into two types: studies that focus on individuals' characteristics and their impact on cheating, and studies that relate academic cheating to organizational or situational factors (Gbadamosi, 2004;Rawwas & Isakson, 2000). For example, gender is one of the factors that were studied in the literature to show their impact on academic cheating.…”

“…Academic cheating is crucial as it affects the credibility and predictive accuracy in university admission criteria (Gbadamosi, 2004;Khan, 1997). Dealing with academic cheating requires identifying the main causes of the problem.…”