Academic Integrity: Why Do College Students Cheat?

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It is common knowledge that all college students are not completely honest in their studies in achieving their degree. It has been a growing problem from even the early 1900's and how college students cheat has changed from simple cheat sheets to emailing test answers, purchasing term papers or taking pictures (Simkin & McLeod, 2009). This problem is concerning to institutions in a few ways and how it can transfer from college to the workplace. One study looked at trying to understand why college students would cheat rather than if they do it or not or how they do it. Academic integrity is sacrificed to glamorized college student actions for the sake gaining that true college life experience which affects student’s perception towards cheating. …show more content…

Once the graduate student is caught cheating or lying at work, and it is learned where the graduate student obtained their degree, it can discredit their institution ability to produce ethical students for employers to hire. Instead, the presumed college only provide those who are unable to perform their work adequately despite their choice of major. For an example, if an employer hired a biology major and they fail to understand simple terminologies and individually present capabilities like conducting a lab, then that certain student represents that institution poorly. In the eyes of potential employers, the college system can appear that they tolerate that type of …show more content…

It has been taught in most high schools, colleges and even in several professions. With the help of courses that teaches ethics, students understand that plagiarism is an act of academic dishonesty. Unfortunately, it is not entirely far-fetched that the use of the internet made it possible for students to cheat on their papers. The purpose of the web is to acquire information to further understanding of a particular topic or even utilized certain points made by others as a reference. It can be a disadvantage to professors that attempt to teach ethical behavior when it is possible to do it undetected. Of course, there has been an effort to fight against plagiarism with the help of software that checked the content of a person's term paper, but it is the want to commit even the act is the exact problem. It is unclear how the Internet is shaping students perception of what is fair use of texts that made available to

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