Economic Disparity and the Cheating Prevalence
Abstract
This paper dives into the culture of cheating, specifically in school settings. Academic Dishonesty has become more prevalent today than it was years ago. I will argue that this is because of an economic gap between social classes, a lower moral standard today, and because of the competitiveness of schools and the job market today. This cheating culture does not only apply to those in school today, but those in their careers, such as teachers, who also have acted dishonestly. To combat the stressful demands of school or work, people often times take on a “neutralizing attitude”. This attitude is a way for these people to justify their actions so that they can live with the decisions they have made, especially when is comes to cheating. While there is a cheating prevalence today, there are still actions that can be taken and methods that can be used to at least curtail the prevalence of cheating behavior.
Bibliography
Bouville, Mathieu. “Cheating and Neutralization.” Diss. University of Cambridge, 2008. Cheating and Neutralization. University of Cambridge. Web. 1 Dec. 2013. <http://www.mathieu.bouville.name/education-ethics/Bouville-cheating-neutralization.pdf>
Callahan, David. The cheating culture: why more Americans are doing wrong to get ahead. Orlando: Harcourt, 2004. Print.
“College, Inc.” PBS, Frontline. 4 May 2010. Web.
Haines, Valerie J, George M Diekhoff, Emily E LaBeff, and Robert E Clark. "College cheating: Immaturity, lack of commitment, and the neutralizing attitude." Research in Higher Education25.4 (1986): n. pag. SpringerLink. Web. 26 Oct. 2013.
Josien, Laurent, and Britton Broderick. "Cheating In Higher Education: The Case of Multi-Method Cheaters." Academy of Educational Leadership Journal;2013 17.3 (2013): 93. Ebsco host. Web. 15 Oct. 2013.
Lang, James M.. Cheating lessons: learning from academic dishonesty. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013. Print.
McCabe, D. L., Trevino, L., & Butterfield, K. D. (2001). Cheating in Academic Institutions: A Decade of Research. Ethics & Behavior, 11(3), 219-232.
McCabe, Donald L., and Kenneth D. Butterfield.Cheating in college: why students do it and what educators can do about it. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. Print.
NEA Higher Education Research Center. “Higher Education and Privatization.” NEA Update. 10.2 (March 2004). Web.
Ornstein, Allan C.. Class counts: education, inequality, and the shrinking middle class. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2007. Print.
Tomar, Dave. The shadow scholar: how I made a living helping college kids cheat. New York: Bloomsbury, 2012. Print.
