An exploration of undergraduate students’ self-reported academic dishonesty at Addis Ababa and Jimma Universities

Abstract

Academic dishonesty is a global phenomenon that exists almost in every country. Its effect has been long-lasting and catastrophic in many instances and its impediment for growth is largely looming. This study attempted to investigate students' self reported academic dishonesty in Ethiopian University settings. The findings show that 96.4% of respondents admitted in engaging on assignment-related dishonesty while 82.1% and 82% on research-related and exam-related ones, respectively. Scores on performance avoidance and mastery orientation, Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA), awareness of academic rules and regulations, assessment practices, faculty, and university attended predicted the different types of academic dishonesty with varying levels of significance.

Some Correlates of Academic Dishonesty among Serial-Academically Frustrated Undergraduates in Ogun State, Nigeria

“…Academic dishonesty is undeniably perceived as a serious problem in higher education and it is neither confined to a particular region nor to a particular zone (Nwoye, Akpom & Hwang, 2019;Rusdi, Hussein, Rahman, Noordin, &Abd Aziz, 2019; International Center for Academic Integrity-ICAI, 2015) further defined academic dishonesty as a behavior or set of behaviors that led to the misrepresentation of scholarly work. This has also been viewed by several authors as a multifaceted and pervasive global phenomenon (Alleyne & Phillips, 2011;Iberahim, Hussein, Samat, Noordin, & Daud, 2013;Imran & Nordin, 2013;Nazir & Aslam, 2010;Saidin & Isa, 2013;Tadesse & Getachew, 2010;Thomas, 2017;Yang, Huang & Chen, 2013). Sabli, Hamid, Haron and Wahab (2018) viewed academic cheating as polluting the future generations' ethical values and compromising the quality of the future workforce.…”

“…Selemani, Chawinga and Dube (2018), stated that there was high prevalence of plagiarism, cheating and other forms of academic misconduct in higher education institutions and these forms of cheating may include, using or attempting to use unauthorized materials for class assignments or examinations; falsifying or inventing any type of information, including citations and references, on an assignment; copying other students' homework and assignments; cheating and plagiarism. Furthermore, Tadesse & Getachew, (2010) stated that the consequence of academic dishonesty has been long-lasting in many occurrences and its impediment for growth is largely alarming. Cheating negatively impacts the educational factors and the students are the most affected by that; for example, students may come to the conclusion that those who cheat are more successful (Behroozi, Rafiee and Yakhchali, 2019).…”

Development and Validation of Academic Dishonesty Scale (ADS): Presenting a Multidimensional Scale

“…Academic dishonesty is a multifaceted and pervasive global phenomenon (Alleyne & Phillips, 2011;Imran & Nordin, 2013;Iberahim et al, 2013;McCabe & Trevino, 1996;Nazir & Aslam, 2010;Thomas, 2017;Tadesse & Getachew, 2010;Saidin & Isa, 2013;Whitley, 1998;Yang et al, 2013). The consequence of academic dishonesty has been long-lasting in many occurrences and its impediment for growth is largely alarming (Tadesse & Getachew, 2010).…”

“…The consequence of academic dishonesty has been long-lasting in many occurrences and its impediment for growth is largely alarming (Tadesse & Getachew, 2010). In universities academic dishonesty occurs regularly and thus formulates a gigantic dilemma (Whitley, 1998) because at this juncture students are far from home and gain new ideas, new experience, and new peers in the novel milieu (Nonis & Swift, 2010).…”

The Effect of Religiosity and Perception on Academic Cheating among Muslim Students in Indonesia

“…Cheating or academic dishonesty at higher education is a global phenomenon that occurs almost in every country (Decoo, 2002;Tadesse & Getachew, 2010). The finding of their study at Ethiopian University indicates that 96.4% of students reported engaging on assignment-related dishonesty.…”