Abstract
Cheating has been a global and widespread issue at higher educational institutions. While many studies have done to find out cultural differences in cheating and academic dishonesty of students at higher educational institutions in various countries, few have scrutinized the attitudes of the academic staff on the issue. We studied attitudes and beliefs of 226 academic staffs of two universities: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU) in Iran and Central Washington University (CWU) in the USA. The results of this study show similarities and differences between attitudes and beliefs of the academic staffs of SBMU and the CWU towards cheating and academic misconduct. Our conclusions revealed cultural similarities and differences on the attitudes and beliefs of staffs at SBMU and CWU.
Highlights
In academia, academic staffs including faculty members seem to pay careful attention to academic dishonesty and fraudulent behaviors through formal policies
While many studies have done to find out cultural differences in cheating and academic dishonesty of students at higher educational institutions in various countries, few have scrutinized the attitudes of the academic staff on the issue
This study revealed similarities and differences of the attitudes between the academic staff members of Central Washington University (CWU) in the USA, and Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBMU) in Iran
Summary
Academic staffs including faculty members seem to pay careful attention to academic dishonesty and fraudulent behaviors through formal policies. Students as well may superficially consent that cheating in all its forms is wrong. Universities around the world may have their own policies and programs to initiate and follow the academic ethical codes (Calgary University 2010; McGill University, 2010). While any higher educational institutions have tried to eliminate chances to attempt students’ dishonest behaviors, researches report that cheating and academic dishonesty have been very common among students
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