Does Commitment to a No-Cheating Rule Affect Academic Cheating?

Rincke J, Cagala T, Glogowsky U (2019)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Other publication type

Publication year: 2019

DOI: 10.1257/rct.4612

Open Access Link: http://www.wirtschaftspolitik.rw.uni-erlangen.de/research/2019_08_12_field.pdf

Abstract

Educators around the globe often require students to commit to academic

integrity by signing a no-cheating declaration. This paper evaluates

how such no-cheating declarations affect academic cheating. Exploiting

data from a field experiment with undergraduate students, we

identify cheating by comparing the similarity in multiple-choice answers

of seat neighbors and counterfactual neighbors. Our main finding

is that students plagiarize more after having signed a no-cheating

declaration. This effect is driven by students of below-average ability.

Regarding channels, we find evidence suggesting that requesting a

commitment to a no-cheating rule weakens the social norm of academic

integrity and triggers psychological reactance.

Authors with CRIS profile

Johannes Rincke Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Wirtschaftspolitik Tobias Cagala Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Wirtschaftspolitik Ulrich Glogowsky Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Wirtschaftspolitik

How to cite

APA:

Rincke, J., Cagala, T., & Glogowsky, U. (2019). Does Commitment to a No-Cheating Rule Affect Academic Cheating?

MLA:

Rincke, Johannes, Tobias Cagala, and Ulrich Glogowsky. Does Commitment to a No-Cheating Rule Affect Academic Cheating? 2019.

BibTeX: Download