CHEATING+TWO

David Tobey Heather Clements

An Educator's Worst Nightmare

I. The internet makes cheating easy a. allows paper writing businesses to do so in volume b. someone can use the internet to get info quickly to write another students paper

II. Cheating and thinking it is okay is becoming normal a. a professional paper writer says there's nothing wrong with what he is doing b. Michael Josephson from the Josephson Institute for Ethics says that "Andy's" morals are becoming the norm

Their Cheatin' Hearts

I. Cheating on the rise at Duke's M.B.A. business school a. 34 of it's first year M.B.A. students expelled due to cheating. 1. Two Reactions: Enron analysis: this world is a dog eat dog one. Competition is cutthroat. Whatever it takes to succeed-do it. 2. 2nd Reaction: It's Not Really Cheating: it's "postmodern learning"

II. Cheating in schools on the rise everywhere. a. 56% in business schools and 50% of all college undergraduates cheat. b. Much higher when you factor in forms not considered cheating: goes up to 67%.

III. Explanations of the rise of cheating: a. Technology b. professorial carelessness c. bad teaching d. lack of attention to the stressed of student life e. What has been more backed up is that cultural and moral enforcements have lowered and cheating is thus more prevalent.

IV. Ways to disincentive cheating a. ease up tough grading b. place external standards that discourage dishonesty 1. "abandon take home tests" 2. "devise cheat proof exams"