Universities have put in place various policies and punishments to manage plagiarism and it is an issue of significant interest. This article looks at how plagiarism is discussed in the 55 "Higher Education" articles between 1982 and June 2022 that make some reference to the term. Many of the articles focused on a police-catch-punish…

Newly licensed nurses may enter the profession without the tools to cope with morally distressing events in the workplace. Experiences of moral distress at work negatively affect physical, emotional, and psychological wellbeing, and effects of moral distress on new nurses may result in job dissatisfaction, burnout, and abandonment of the…

This study examines postsecondary education (PSE) students' perspectives on postplagiarism--a framework that reconceptualizes academic integrity in response to generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). Through a quantitative survey of 581 PSE students across five English-speaking countries, the research investigated student responses to the six…

While the need for moral sensitivity amongst engineers is underlined by academic and professional standards, it is unclear whether engineering students are aware of their moral responsibilities in real-life situations or the impact they can have on social challenges. This study aims to understand the moral sensitivity of undergraduate engineering…

Sport managers need to make decisions that have moral implications on a regular basis, and applying their theoretical knowledge to real-world scenarios is an essential skill in the field. Utilitarianism is a consequentialist ethical theory that focuses on maximizing the production of good. The purpose of this case is to provide students with the…

A growing number of studies on students' intercultural interactions and learning in higher education contexts have placed cosmopolitanism and agency at the centre of conceptual and empirical inquiry. The concept of 'cosmopolitan agency' has been proposed as a hallmark of intercultural relationships, such as friendships, between international and…

Prior literature related to moral issues in sports have focused primarily on the moral pitfalls associated with collegiate athletes and teams (Butcher & Schneider, 1998; Fraleigh, 2003; Lyons, 2015). Collegiate athletes, therefore, may often be perceived by the public as lacking moral reasoning traits due to the negative perception held toward…

Despite efforts to eradicate academic dishonesty in educational settings, the phenomenon persists and cheating is increasingly becoming easier due to the advancement of information technology. Factors like peer pressure, time constraints, stress, and workload contribute to dishonest behavior among students. This article emphasizes the importance…

The struggle to pay for college is a defining feature of middle-class life in America. Caitlin Zaloom takes readers into homes of families throughout the nation to reveal the hidden consequences of student debt and the ways that financing college has transformed our most sacred relationships. She describes the profound moral conflicts for parents…

Research on school discipline and moral reasoning have typically been construed in separate spheres. The former has examined the outcomes of specific practices - from punitive to restorative - whereas the latter has examined reasoning about a variety of issues pertaining to justice, welfare, and rights. Moral reasoning about school discipline has…

While instances of cut and paste plagiarism among undergraduate college students has decreased over the past several years, a new form of plagiarism has emerged that often goes undetected by these software systems. Paraphrasing websites allow users to enter information from a source, which the website will then reword, giving the appearance of an…

In the past decade, extra-institutional file-sharing and homework-help websites have gone from being small-scale operations to large corporate businesses. File-sharing and homework-help websites threaten academic integrity when students use assessment work sourced from these sites as if it were their own. However, little is known about how…

The current study examined the role of moral disengagement in cyberbullying participant role behavior among college-aged individuals. Participants included 434 students who completed surveys measuring their participation in cyberbullying, including online bystander role behaviors, as well as their moral disengagement. Regression analysis results…

The decision whether to reopen universities for in-person learning in late 2020 relied on ethical decision-making where the consequences were dire to the mission of the institution, health of the community, financial well-being of the institution and employees, and had political ramifications. The risks that universities faced worldwide included…

Plagiarism incidents within higher education have increased significantly in the last decade, and have persistently occupied academics and administrators in institutions worldwide. Research demonstrates that in many national contexts such behaviours are increasing or are significantly threatening the integrity of scholarship. In the country that…