Unethical behaviour has become an increasingly controversial issue in Higher Education institutes. There have been debates about the reasons for the increase in unethical behaviour. But many of those debates contain problems. A key problem has been the lack of empirical results about faculty members' perceptions of their role in the phenomenon,…

In a survey of 581 business students, behavior they believed most unethical included taking a test for someone else and obtaining answers during an exam. They were less certain about studying from someone else's notes and failing to report unfavorable errors in grading. Compared to a 1976 study, current students believe their peers seldom…

A survey of 1,051 business students found that those who believed that dishonest acts such as cheating are acceptable are more likely to engage in them. Those who engage in dishonest acts in class are more likely to do so in the workplace. (Contains 76 references.) (SK)

A survey of 291 marketing and finance students found that those who were idealists, older, economics majors or middle children tended to behave more ethically. Students who were male, tolerant, relativistic, and opportunistic tended to behave less ethically. Opportunity to cheat explained cheating more than other determinants. (SK)