An Examination of Academic Misconduct Intentions and the Ineffectiveness of Syllabus Statements

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 239-247

  Staats, Sara ^a   Hupp, Julie M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic integrity; academic misconduct; cheating intentions; syllabus statements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863529897     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2012.661313     Document Type: Article

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