Influences on Students' Decisions to Report Cheating: A Laboratory Experiment

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-136

  Jenkel, Iris ^a   Haen, Jason J ^a  

^a ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymous reporting; Business ethics; Lab experiment; Non anonymous reporting; Reward; Student cheating; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860684454     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-012-9154-7     Document Type: Article

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