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标题：Religiosity and test-taking ethics among Business School students,
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作者：James Burton ; University of West Georgia ; Salil Talpade 等
期刊名称：Journal of Academic and Business Ethics
印刷版ISSN：1941-336X
电子版ISSN：1941-336X
出版年度：2010
卷号：4
期号：1
出版社：Academic and Business Research Institute
摘要：Over the years, research has documented a steady increase in cheating and unethical behavior among college students. Previous research on this topic has investigated several causal factors like poor academic standards, large class sizes, increased competition for jobs, distance learning technologies, membership in fraternities and sororities, access to unlimited resources on the internet, poor role models etc. This study examined the relationship between overall value systems as reflected in religiosity or participation in religious activities and academic dishonesty in test taking among business school students. 236 students in the college of business at a major southeastern university were surveyed concerning the frequency with which they engaged in several different kinds of unethical behavior while taking tests, as well as their frequency of participation in religious activities. Results showed that a large majority of the students (86%) had engaged in some form of unethical test taking behaviors at some point in their college careers. A high percentage (72%) also indicated they had participated in religious activities at least once every quarter. Overall results gave some positive indications, showing that students who were more ‘religious’ and participated more in religious activities were significantly ( .05) less likely to engage in unethical test taking practices. Implications and future research directions are discussed.
关键词：Keywords: Student ethics, Test-taking ethics, Business Student ethics, Religiosity.