Academic Dishonesty: Honor Codes and Other Contextual Influences.

McCabe, Donald L.; Trevino, Linda Klebe

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ERIC Number: EJ469064

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Academic Dishonesty: Honor Codes and Other Contextual Influences.

McCabe, Donald L.; Trevino, Linda Klebe

Journal of Higher Education, v64 n5 p522-38 Sep-Oct 1993

Analysis of survey data from 6,096 students in 31 colleges and universities found that academic dishonesty was associated with the existence of a campus honor code, student perceptions of the certainty of being reported, severity of penalties, and cheating among peers. (Author/MSE)

Descriptors: Cheating, Codes of Ethics, College Environment, College Students, Discipline Policy, Fraud, Higher Education, Incidence, Organizational Climate, Peer Influence, Plagiarism, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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