Why is cheating wrong?

Studies in Philosophy and Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-76

  Bouville, Mathieu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Academic integrity; Academic misconduct; Education; Ethics; Grades; Homework; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951297127     PISSN: 00393746     EISSN: 1573191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11217-009-9148-0     Document Type: Article

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