Academic Integrity in Higher Education: A Cross-Country Comparison

• In Event: 16.059 - Poster Session 2
  In Poster Session: 16.059-7 - Moral Development and Education SIG Poster Session: Academic Integrity

Abstract

This research compared Taiwanese and Chinese students’ academic dishonesty behaviors. 605 students participated in this study. Instruments included integrity culture scale and academic dishonesty scenarios. Comparative analysis showed (1) the climate of academic integrity and system to regulate academic integrity perceived by students in China was higher than in Taiwan. (2) in comparison with Taiwanese students, Chinese students had a higher frequency of engaging in paper plagiarism, copying others’ work, delinquency, misuse credit and fraudulence (including selling and purchasing, and falsification. (3) Taiwanese students perceived their peers have a higher frequency of engaging in online plagiarism and unauthorized help, while Chinese students perceived their peers have a higher frequency of engaging in misuse credit, fraudulence, and falsification.

Authors

• Shu Ching Yang, National Sun Yat-Sen University

• Chiao Ling Huang, East China Normal University