Combating academic fraud: Are students reticent about uncovering the covert?

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-221

  Malgwi, Charles A ^a   Rakovski, Carter C ^b  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic fraud; Cheating and dishonesty; Deterrence; Plagiarism; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952881010     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-009-9081-4     Document Type: Article

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