Perceptions Of Academic Dishonesty Research Articles

Perceptions of Digital Academic Dishonesty in English Writing at Applied Colleges

Since the last decade, English instructors have often found digital academic English writing dishonesty (Tayan, 2017) among Saudi EFL graduating students due to the serious issues of adapting the online ghostwrites and tools, fabricating the English writing practices (Al-Khairy, 2013), plagiarism (Madkhali, 2017; Jenkins, 2018), neglecting proper citation and referencing, a lack of critical thinking and analysis, limited vocabulary and weak language proficiency (Fareed et al., 2016, Alsowat, 2017), and inadequate grammar and syntax, all of which affect their English writing skills ethically. However, such serious issues and digital factors devalue the hard work of honest students and negatively impact the integrity of the educational system. Therefore, this research attempt investigated critically the perceptions of digital academic dishonesty by Saudi EFL students in English writing at the Applied Colleges of King Khalid University. The objective of this study was to examine the awareness and understanding of digital academic dishonesty among diploma students enrolled in applied colleges. A descriptive quantitative analysis of 134 students' questionnaires was conducted, and data was gathered regarding their perceptions of academic dishonesty and such mediums by which students take part in academically dishonest activities. Also, the study explored the prevalent types of digital academic dishonesty that Saudi students engage in and the causes behind such behaviors. The investigation identified such common types of digital academic dishonesty as plagiarism, unauthorized collaboration, utilizing essay mills, and falsification of sources, among others. By investigating the motivations behind such behaviors, the study, therefore, aimed to shed light on suggestions to reduce digital academic dishonesty in the context of English writing assignments.

Predicting Academic Dishonesty: The Role of Psychopathic Traits, Perception of Academic Dishonesty, Moral Disengagement and Motivation

This study conducted on a sample of 295 Dutch and Italian undergraduate and graduate students aims to investigate how psychopathic personality traits (meanness, boldness and disinhibition) may lead to cheating behavior, and to study whether there are correlations between psychopathic traits, motivation, moral disengagement, the perception of seriousness of academic dishonesty and frequency of academic dishonesty to try to better understand what causes students to cheat and engage in dishonest conduct. Results confirmed the key role of psychopathic traits, particularly the disinhibition aspect in predicting academic dishonesty. In addition, it was shown that students’ perceptions of what constitutes academic dishonesty and what does not are also important in predicting the frequency of dishonest behavior. Furthermore, the role of motivation and moral disengagement in predicting and mediating the relationship between traits of psychopathy and academic dishonesty were analyzed through mediation and regression analysis.

Perception, prevalence and prevention of academic dishonesty: evidence from a Middle East country

PurposeThe aim of this paper is to explore the behavior pattern, perceptions, and motivations of students towards academic misconduct in a Business School with a view to mitigating its occurrence.Design/methodology/approachThe survey was conducted among a batch of undergraduate students who responded to various dimensions of plagiarism through a structured questionnaire. Responses were measured on a Likert scale. Some non-parametric tests were done for statistical analysis.FindingsFrom the perception of the prevalence of plagiarism committed by others, the authors found that the majority tend to believe that it happens in spite of the existence of preventive policies. Based on the findings, the authors conclude that the students who are more prone to cheating/plagiarism are male, with low grade point average, and are not on scholarship. Parental disapproval is found to be one of the dominant deterrent factors that have the potential to restrain unethical behavior.Practical implicationsThe findings demonstrate that the managers of graduate programs should include parental roles in the deterrent mechanism to improve the quality of education.Originality/valueVery little evidence exists about the perception of academic dishonesty among the students of a multicultural academic institution located in a middle-east country. There are not many studies that analyze the effectiveness of deterrents from a student’s perspective. In this paper, the authors have attempted to assess the value of various deterrents and their effectiveness as perceived by the students.

Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty: Insights from the University of Tehran

In recent times, Iran has seen an increase in various forms of academic dishonesty. The frequency of academic fraud, plagiarism, and cheating has led to efforts to rebuild the global reputation of Iranian academic institutions. We argue that academic dishonesty adversely affects not only the academic sphere but society as a whole, and addressing it requires an understanding of its various contributing factors. To this end, we undertook a study involving students from three different faculties at the University of Tehran. The study included 300 undergraduate students (182 females and 118 males), aged between 17 to 34 years (average age 20.55, standard deviation 2.04), from the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Faculty of Management, and Faculty of Social Sciences. While only minor differences were observed among students from these three faculties, significant variations were noted in the perceptions of academic dishonesty among students from different academic years, including their views on professors' and peers' dishonest behaviors, and the justifiability of academic dishonesty.

Analisis Persepsi Mahasiswa Terhadap Ketidakjujuran Akademik : Studi Kasus di Fakultas Teknik UNS

<em>Academic dishonesty is a deliberate violation of academic rules for personal gain. Academic dishonesty can reduce the reputation of students and universities, as well as dishonest behavior in the world of work, so research is needed regarding engineering students' perceptions of academic dishonesty. This study aims to determine perceptions, experiences, reasons why engineering students commit academic dishonesty, and to determine the influence between perceptions and experiences of witnessing acts of academic dishonesty. The population used in this study were S1 students from the UNS Faculty of Engineering and the samples taken were 97 respondents. The results of the study show that engineering students' perceptions of academic dishonesty are that students know that academic dishonesty is important, can have an impact on damaging moral character, including actions that violate social and religious norms, so that it becomes the student's responsibility, and must be responsible for caring for the integrity of other students. . The experience of engineering students with academic dishonesty is that students have committed dishonesty but support existing policies, often use unauthorized material during exams, work on papers or articles without including references, and ask for help from seniors who have taken exams but rarely submit assignments properly. pay someone else to complete it and rarely miss out on group assignments. Academic dishonesty policies already exist but sanctions and supervision need to be tightened to reduce academic dishonesty. The reason engineering students commit academic dishonesty is because they don't get sanctioned or punished, the attitude of the lecturer, many friends who do this, will make grades better, difficulty working on questions, easy internet access and fear of failure and lack of study time. Most of the respondents committed academic dishonesty due to internal factors. There is a positive and significant influence between perception and experience of witnessing techniques on the experience of committing academic dishonesty. So that when the perception and experience of witnessing gets higher, they will not commit academic dishonesty.</em>

Pharmacy faculty experiences and perceptions of academic dishonesty

IntroductionAcademic dishonesty (AD) continues to be an area of concern in pharmacy education. While studies have been conducted evaluating various forms and interventions to address AD, few have looked at faculty experiences and perceptions of AD in doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) programs in the United States. MethodsA 52-item survey was distributed electronically to pharmacy faculty at 129 colleges of pharmacy (COP). Faculty perceptions and experiences related to AD were recorded using a six-point Likert-type scale. Data were reported as the percentage of respondents for each level of agreement in addition to the mean and SD of the agreement level for each survey item. ResultsResponses were received from 775 faculty from 126 COP (14.2% response rate). Faculty agreed that AD was an issue in pharmacy education in general (76%) and at their institution (70%), however respondents also agreed that AD was quickly addressed by their institution (72%) and were confident in their institution's ability to manage AD infractions (68%). Faculty agreed that it is both difficult (82.5%) and frustrating (75.2%) to report AD infractions at their institution. Female faculty (P = .006) and those who spent more time in classroom (P < .001) agreed more that they witnessed AD in the classroom. Findings were further stratified by gender, faculty rank, time in class, and terminal degree. ConclusionsAD was perceived as an issue in pharmacy education. Transparency in the AD handling process and increased student education about AD were identified as potential solutions to reduce AD occurrences.

Students’ perception of academic dishonesty in programming courses

ABSTRACT Plagiarism in programming assignments is a common and current challenge. However, insufficient studies have examined plagiarism in the Middle East region. Thus, this research surveyed 422 students from a middle eastern university. It primarily purported to assess the students’ perception of plagiarism in writing programming assignments. Additionally, this study reported the changes in students’ perceptions of plagiarism in programming assignments between 2018 and 2021, the extent of this dishonest behaviour, and the demographical factors that influence it. A comparative analysis of the data from the 2017–2018 and 2020–2021 surveys of students specialising in Information Technology-related programmes found that those in the latter survey considered plagiarism less acceptable. In addition, the female students and those with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) higher than or equal to three also considered cheating and plagiarism behaviours in programming assignments to be less acceptable. Furthermore, these findings did not report a substantial perception variance related to student class standing or specialisation.

Intersections of Student Engagement and Academic Integrity in the Emergency Remote ‘English for Academic Purposes’ Assemblage

This paper explores the disruption of space, place, and material conditions brought on by the migration of traditional on-site language teaching to emergency remote teaching (ERT) in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program designed to bridge international students into higher education. We focus on two aspects of language teaching considered essential to academic success: student engagement and academic integrity. Through the Deleuzian concept of assemblage and post-qualitative inquiry, data vignettes from interviews with 12 teacher participants are presented to examine the contingency and relationality between the affordances of technological tools and the absence of embodied connection brought on by the move to ERT. Data vignettes are linked to map how instructors’ perceptions of student engagement mediated through space, place, and materials, inadvertently shape/are shaped by perceptions of academic dishonesty.

Academic integrity in online examinations in a graduate nurse practitioner program: Student perceptions and lessons for nurse educators

BackgroundWhile nursing is repeatedly voted the most trusted profession, academic dishonesty is nearly as prevalent in nursing as it is in other disciplines and has been increasing for 30 years. The relationship between academic dishonesty in nursing programs and unethical behavior in clinical settings underscores the importance of exploring student perceptions of academic dishonesty. MethodThis descriptive study used a survey methodology to examine graduate nursing students’ perceptions of academic dishonesty (willingness to report cheating, exam cheating deterrents, and importance of academic integrity). ResultsThe results showed that students would report cheating, felt current processes were overall sufficient to deter cheating, value academic integrity, and take their studies seriously. Significant findings included this was more representative of students earlier in their programs vs. those nearer to graduation who felt the current program processes may not be as effective. ConclusionIt is vital that graduate nursing faculty hold students accountable and enact processes that deter cheating. Furthermore, based on the survey results, the researchers incorporated one new best practice from the literature: a syllabus statement for online courses.

Perceptions, contexts, attitudes, and academic dishonesty in Chinese senior college students: a qualitative content-based analysis

ABSTRACT Academic dishonesty has remained high in Chinese college students. We examined Chinese college senior students’ everyday academic practices, especially academic dishonesty, considering the contextual changes inside and outside higher learning settings in China. Data were collected from 120 college seniors from four universities and were analyzed using a qualitative content-based exploratory approach in NVivo 10. Three themes were identified, including college seniors’ perceptions of academic dishonesty, contextual influences on academic dishonesty, and seniors’ personal attitudes about academic misconduct. Interview results indicated that the contextual changes have reduced cheating both at the national level and at the college level; however, some contextual factors stubbornly remain unchanged, suggesting that the current, contextual climate on and beyond the Chinese college campuses should be restructured, not necessarily exclusively using top-down approaches. A theoretical model was provided to illustrate mechanisms associated with these students’ academic misconduct. Suggestions are discussed regarding future research and implications made for university personnel practice.

Unveiling a Painpoint in a College Classroom: College Students' Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty and Some Tests of Correlations

In educational institutions, a culture of academic honesty is valued. However, while there is much awareness about the consequences of academic dishonesty, this is regarded as an endless academic concern. A sequential-explanatory mixed methods study assessed and explored the perceptions of 121 college students of a private Philippine university about academic dishonesty. Initially, a researcher-constructed questionnaire was administered to measure the perceptions of the respondents about academic dishonesty and correlated to their age, gender and course. A focus group discussion from seven purposively sampled respondents was conducted to extract deeper meanings of the survey results. The quantitative results disclosed that the college students have high perceptions about academic dishonesty. Meanwhile, age and gender were directly linked to academic dishonesty whereas the course did not associate with the college students' perceptions of academic dishonesty. Important information has been elicited and surfaced during the focus group discussions. This created complementarity of the quantitative and qualitative data and eventually resulted in a more profound, reflective analysis. School policy recommendations and interventions are suggested to enable the university to establish and sustain academic honesty as a culture within and among the members of the academic community especially its students, the end-receivers of good education.

Utilizing professional accounting concepts to understand and respond to academic dishonesty in accounting programs

We apply professional accounting concepts to academic fraud in accounting education. First, we use the fraud triangle to understand professors’ perceptions of academic dishonesty and find two components to each fraud triangle corner. Specifically, the attitude and pressure corners have elements of faculty and student agency, while the opportunity corner is within a professor’s control. Second, risk mapping reveals plagiarism and exam cheating as more impactful than assessment protocols. We also find that faculty efforts to control academic dishonesty are mostly well-directed; however, there are opportunities to employ both preventive and detective controls more frequently.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AMONG ACCOUNTING STUDENTS: SOME INDONESIAN EVIDENCE

Academic dishonesty among students has been recognised as a major concern in higher education in Indonesia. Accounting research arguably need to give more attention to this issue. This is partly because of the importance of integrity as part of accounting ethics and professionalism. However, little currently known about academic dishonesty among accounting students in Indonesia. We address this issue by surveying 342 accounting students about their perception of academic dishonesty and what motivates such behaviour. Our respondents were from all first, second or third year undergraduate students at one state university in Indonesia. Drawing from Theory of Planned Behaviour, we examine three individual variables - attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control. In addition, we also examine three situational variables - academic integrity culture, definitional ambiguity, and pressure. Six hypotheses were tested, using a Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling. The results reveal that 77.5% of respondents admitted committing academic dishonesty. While all individual factors studies have positive significant effect on the intention to commit academic dishonesty, of the three situational factors only pressure and definitional ambiguity have a positive significant effect. Surprisingly, it is found that academic integrity culture does not have a significant effect.

Sex role socialization and perceptions of student academic dishonesty by male and female accounting faculty

ABSTRACTWe examine differences between male and female accounting faculty members’ perceptions of academic dishonesty and their uses of controls to prevent academically dishonest behaviour. We use socialization concepts to motivate our examination of these differences. Specifically, we find that females generally perceive academic dishonesty to be a more significant problem than do males, females see individual incidences of academic dishonesty as more frequent and more significant than do males, and female academics report they exercise controls to prevent academic dishonesty more frequently than do male academics. These findings are consistent with differential sex role socialization for women and men. We also find that male and female accounting academics’ perceptions converge with professional training and teaching experience, suggesting moderating impacts of professional and/or organizational socialization on perceptions of academic dishonesty. Lastly, we document some differences in how male and female accounting academics respond to known incidences of academically dishonest behaviour.

Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty in a South African University: A Q-Methodology Approach

The prevalence of academic dishonesty is a matter of considerable concern for institutions of higher education everywhere. We explored students’ perceptions of academic dishonesty using Q methodology, which provides insights that are different from those obtained through surveys or interviews. South African students ranked 48 statements, giving reasons why students cheat, on an 11-column grid, anchored by strongly agree and strongly disagree. Q factor analysis was used to identify groups of individuals who share the same perspective. The three perspectives that emerged viewed academic dishonesty as (a) moral transgressions, (b) pressure transgressions, or (c) confused transgressions. These suggest different approaches to addressing the issue.

Academic Dishonesty Among Students in Tertiary Institutions: A Literature Review

This paper presents the literature surrounding academic dishonesty issues in tertiary institutions both in New Zealand and overseas. It presents findings of investigations into the prevalence and perceptions of academic dishonesty, the reasons given for dishonest acts, ways in which academic honesty can be maintained in institutions, and the reasons for lack of action by academic staff.

Perceptions of Student Academic Dishonesty by Male and Female Accounting Faculty: Incidents and Responses

We examine differences between male and female accounting faculty members in their perceptions of academic dishonesty. In particular, we compare male and female faculty members’ overall perceptions regarding academic dishonesty, along with perception of the frequency and significance of individual types of academically dishonest behavior. We also examine academics’ perceptions of the effectiveness of various types of controls with their responses to academically dishonest behavior. Consistent with prior research, we find that females generally perceive academic dishonesty to be a more significant problem than do males, females see several types of academic dishonesty as more frequent and more significant than males do, and female academics implement controls over academic dishonestly more frequently than do male academics. Our findings make an important contribution to the literature on both gender and ethics and ethics and education by confirming differences in concern over ethics among a specific population - accounting academics, particularly women. We also contribute to the accounting professional literature by highlighting that male and female accounting academics with professional designations view concerns over academic dishonesty similarly.

Students’ Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty: A Nine-Year Study from 2005 to 2013

Students from a small, private, religious college and a large, public university completed questionnaires asking their perceptions of academic dishonesty at their institution. The questionnaires used a 5-point Likert scale to determine whether the students felt it was acceptable to cheat for a specific reason such as plagiarizing or copying homework both using and not using technology. Between fall 2005 and fall 2013, 1792 usable questionnaires were collected using similar methodology, questionnaires and respondents to control for possible extraneous variables. An analysis of the data provides indications that student acceptance of many types of academic dishonesty has decreased over the past 9 years.

Pharmacy educators’ experience and views on academic dishonesty

ObjectivesTo determine faculty experiences with and perceptions of academic dishonesty and if there are inconsistencies in interpretation and handling of such violations. MethodsFaculty members within two departments at a college of pharmacy were surveyed to collect their experiences with and perceptions of academic dishonesty. These faculty were also asked to interpret and respond to potential violations via hypothetical case scenarios. ResultsOf the 46 faculty members who participated in the survey, 75% reported having never experienced an Honor Code violation. Most respondents agreed that it is the responsibility of the faculty member to address every alleged Honor Code violation (95.3%) and that violations should be handled consistently (97.7%). Few respondents (34.9%) indicated that they have had adequate mentoring and training in handling situations of academic dishonesty. Most faculty respondents identified each hypothetical scenario as an Honor Code violation but reported a variety of methods to manage these potential violations. ConclusionsFaculty at one college of pharmacy, reported minimal academic dishonesty experience, but have congruent beliefs on what Honor Code violations are and how they should be handled. However, methods chosen for managing hypothetical and real violations varied widely. A uniform process for managing violations should be considered to reduce academic dishonesty in pharmacy education.

An Investigation of College Students’ Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty, Reasons for Dishonesty, Achievement Goals, and Willingness to Report Dishonest Behavior

This study investigated students’ perceptions of their own and their peers’ academic dishonesty (AD), their reasons for this dishonesty, their achievement goals, and their willingness to report AD (WRAD) within a Chinese cultural context. The results identified students’ belief that their peers had a greater likelihood of engaging in AD and had more motivation to do so than did the students themselves. Gender and academic major did not affect students’ WRAD. However, students were significantly more willing to report classmates than friends. In terms of the participants’ self-perceptions and peer perceptions concerning motivations for AD, more female students cited the lack of penalties as the reason for their own and their peers’ AD, whereas male students more frequently cited their lack of attention to schoolwork as the reason for their own AD. In contrast to students in the social sciences, business students more frequently cited inadequate capabilities as the reason for their AD, and engineering students more frequently attributed their AD to self-interest. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that three motivations for AD (opportunism, inadequacy, and self-promotion) could positively predict AD, whereas mastery-approach goals could negatively predict AD.