Does moral judgment go offline when students are online? A comparative analysis of undergraduates' beliefs and behaviors related to conventional and digital cheating

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 233-254

  Stephens, Jason M ^a   Young, Michael F ^a   Calabrese, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; College students; Moral judgment; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349024158     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508420701519197     Document Type: Article

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