Ethical Academic Judgments and Behaviors: Applying a Multidimensional Ethics Scale to Measure the Ethical Academic Behavior of Graduate Students

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 281-296

  Yang, Shu Ching ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

academic dishonesty; authorship and behaviors; data fraud; graduate students; multidimensional ethics scale; plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863513486     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2012.672907     Document Type: Article

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