چکیده (انگلیسی):

This paper offers support that those students who felt they had stronger reasons for committing
unethical academic behaviors are more likely to report committing academic dishonesty than
those who felt they had weaker reasons for unethical academic behav iors. This relationship held
for all four categories of academic dishonesty: cheating (on tests), seeking outside help,
plagiarism (on papers), and E-cheating (electronic cheating on tests). This suggests that students
are rationalizing their academic dishonest behaviors and those students who feel they have
stronger reasons for committing academic dishonesty are more likely to be academically
dishonest.