Social Accounts and Metaphors about Cheating

Abstract

ollege student cheating, or academic dishonesty, has been a topic C of much interest to education researchers. A thorough, multidisciplinary literature search on the subject reveals at least 200 journal articles and reports. The research literature on college cheating might be divided into the following categories: reporting and defining types of cheating or academic misconduct; reactions by researchers to academic cheating (How serious is the problem?); methodologies for studying academic dishonesty; causes (or self-reported reasons) for cheating; and prevention and control measures.Sims (1991) describes a positive relationship between academic dishonesty that undergraduates admit and the dishonesty that ex-students later exhibit at work. She reports that the reasons that people give for both academic and employment dishonesty are very similar. With attention now focused on business and professional ethics, it is important to study the earlier socialization and learning cultures that may foster forms of questionable or unethical conduct. Certainly childhood and early school experiences and developing levels of moral reasoning influence managerial and professional values. But the college years appear to be a critical period for Stephen L. Payne is a professor of management. and Karen s. Nantz is an associate professor of administrative information systems at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. educators to try alternative means for the moral or ethical education of future business leaders.Our purpose in this article is, first, to offer readers a brief overview of the literature on college student cheating. We suggest that research efforts continue to explore a recent and potentially useful direction for analysis. Various researchers (

Unplagiarized Writing- Understanding, Protecting and Staying Original for Students & Academia

“…In a study, Payne and Nantz (1994) affirmed that the social construction plays a strong and a vital role in nurturing the habit of plagiarism in students. They observed that the academic behavior of students is all an affair of his/her social set up.…”

“…The same behavioral pattern of students was observed by Barnett & Dalton (1981). In a research, Payne & Nantz (1994) found that students see cheating during exams and cheating including other forms of academic purposes differently. In an observation study Roberts & Rabinowitz (1992) found that the overall students perceptions chiefly depends upon the interplay of multiple factors such as needs, wants, situational provocations, alluring opportunities, and intentional approach.…”

The relationship between participation in unethical behaviors during the nursing student experience and participation in unethical behaviors as a registered nurse

“…Studies by Stevens and Stevens (1987) and Payne and Nantz (1994) also support this reason for cheating. The students' perception that the risk of getting caught cheating is low also plays an important role in a student's participation in cheating behaviors (Stevens & Stevens; Payne & Nantz).…”

“…This pressure is generated by parents or the desire to succeed (Barnett & Dalton, 1981;Hilbert, 1987;Payne & Nantz, 1994;Stevens & Stevens, 1987). Students feel that they need high grades in order to successfully enter competitive programs such as medical school.…”

“…Payne and Nantz (1994) reported that a high percentage of students cheat due to peer pressure, students expect their friends to help them.…”