Academic Dishonesty: Are More Students Cheating?

Except motivation from teachers, the pressure from peers and society also cause academic dishonesty. The grade leads to students’ academic dishonesty because people usually regard grades as a way to judge students. In Dorothy L. R. Jones’s, working at Norfolk State University, researching, there were many reasons for students who were cheating in their learning. He tried to distinguish the proportion of motivations in cheating. In his article “Academic Dishonesty: Are More Students Cheating?” Dorothy suggested that there are more students cheating before and figured out the thought when students are cheating. he showed that the different percentage for the reason why they are involved to academic dishonesty. He found that the reason for most

It could be considered that students prefer to get nice grades rather than other motivations. The reason of pursing high grade was that they want to have a good impression in schools. As I already mentioned, students usually judge people with grade. They thought with the higher grade, people would respect with them. Emily, Adena and James in their article mentioned that “students are beginning to utilize academic dishonesty for better faculty and peer perceptions rather than just for their grades”(69), which means they thought student would like to get a good mark for good impression. This showed that students cheated during exam not only for themselves, but also for earning respect among peers. Therefore, learning became not only a way to gain knowledge; it became a tool to judge students. This did not only happen among students. In the society, students still have the same

Raef A. Lawson, Associate Professor in the School of Business at the University at Albany, estimated the relationship between business students’ cheating and workshop in “Is Classroom Cheating Related to Business Students’ Propensity to Cheat in the “Real World”?” . The article tried to find the relation between business students and their future carrier though cheating in class. Raef supported that the attitude in cheating in class will lead to non-ethics behavior in business. He found that “The belief that unethical behavior in the business world is prevalent could in fact lead to such behavior. Thus the belief among many business students that unethical behavior is widespread in the business world and is necessary in order to advance their careers is a cause for concern” (197). Also, Linda J. Shipley, professor of College of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, owned similar idea in her article “Academic And Professional Dishonesty: Student Views Of Cheating In The Classroom And On The Job”. Her article concluded that students’ views in study and working are similar. She supported that “This study's findings indicate that those who consider academic cheating a serious offense and recommend stiffer penalties carry over those views to professional situations” (51). This two article seem like truth, but they ignored a more basic issue: where did this attitude come from?