摘要：Over the past several decades a large body of research has focused on assessing the
extent of cheating in academic institutions nationwide, the reasons that drive students to cheat,
factors that influence and possibly predict such behavior, and best practices for ensuring the
academic integrity of educational programs. These studies suggest that the problem is significant
in most educational institutions and may be spreading at alarming rates throughout all levels of
education and onto students’ later professional lives. Such unethical behavior is difficult to
correlate with specific associative variables and may be societal in scope. Much of this research
has been conducted on traditional in-class courses and programs; less work has been conducted
on those taught in the rapidly-growing, non-traditional online environment. Although some
academics suspect that online offerings may be more prone to dishonest practices there is little
research to support that suspicion. The paper includes summaries of results from comparative
surveys of Troy University instructors, students and select Florida businesses taken in 2007.
This research strives to provide insights into nature and magnitude of academic dishonesty, with
initial focus on Troy University’s multi-faceted, hybrid strategies and approaches found in the
literature for mitigating the problem. Its goal is to identify appropriate tools, policies,
procedures and best practices for controlling the problem and establishing an effective climate of
honesty.
关键词：Academic Integrity, Ethics, Business Education
