Cheating and whistle-blowing in the classroom

Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 165-191

  Bernardi, Richard A ^a   Banzhoff, Caitlin A ^a   Martino, Abigail M ^a   Savasta, Katelyn J ^a  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classroom cheating; Whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896123646     PISSN: 15740765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1574-0765(2011)0000015009     Document Type: Article

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