Classroom cheating: Reasons not to whistle-blow and the probability of whistle-blowing

Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting

Volumn 16, Issue , 2012, Pages 201-231

  Bernardi, Richard A ^a   Larkin, Meredith B ^a   LaBontee, Lyndsey A ^a   Lapierre, Rebecca A ^a   Morse, Nathalie C ^a  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84896106686     PISSN: 15740765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1574-0765(2012)0000016011     Document Type: Article

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