The Academic Ethics Of Graduate Business Students: 1993 To 1998

Abstract

Students enrolled in a graduate business school were surveyed in 1993 and 1998 about the extent of their participation in 15 unethical academic practices, their rating of the ethical level of the practices, and the reasons why they would participate in them.  The level of participation in the practices showed a moderate increase over the five-year period, while ratings of their ethical level and reasons for participating in them stayed about the same.  Possible explanations of the results and their implications for graduate faculty are discussed.