Contract cheating: A new challenge for academic honesty?

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-44

  Walker, Mary ^a   Townley, Cynthia ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Academic honesty; Contract cheating; Ethics; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857794613     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-012-9150-y     Document Type: Article

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