Exploring the Perceptions of First-Year Engineering Students on Academic Dishonesty
Exploring the Perceptions of First-Year Engineering Students on Academic Dishonesty

Summary/Abstract: As part of a larger study on academic dishonesty, this paper aims to be a simple investigation of students' opinions on some ethical issues, such as cheating in exams andplagiarism in assignments. The main goal was to explore the level of awareness of cheatingand plagiarism, the frequency of these dishonest behaviours, students' attitudes towardcheating and plagiarism and differences between demographic variables and the threedimensions mentioned above. This study was conducted through a questionnaire completedby 138 first-year engineering students at a university in Romania. The study showed thatcheating and plagiarism practices are sometimes common among students; at the sametime, it is necessary to increase students' awareness and attitudes in order to combat suchmisconduct. Also, students’ ethical values and actions are in dissonance. The differences ingender and residence area of students are insignificant. The paper recommends thatdifferent actors collaborate to continuously educate and discourage students from engagingin academic dishonesty.

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