Identify the Reasons for Ignoring Academic Ethics and Committing Academic Cheating

ýþ þAcademic cheating is one of the current and increasing problems in educational ýsystems and irreversible harm to the academic community. The aim of this study was identify ýthe reasons for student's academic cheating and categorize their responses upon neutralization ýstrategies. ý
Phenomenological qualitative approach was used. The study population includes all ýstudents of Birjand University consists of 11225 persons. 20 students of Birjand University ýwere selected using purposive sampling. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews ýand by Corbin and Strauss color coding was analyzed. ý
893 codes in the interview in seven main issues were classified: "student, social ýnorms, professor, the University, the nature and degree courses, nature of the task and the level ýof education". Students, at the first, have stated their role in the perpetration of cheating, they ýthen have employed respectively neutralization techniques “condemnation of the condemners, ýdenial of responsibility, denial of the victim, appeal to higher loyalties and denial of injury”. ý
Many types of cheating are avoidable with laws and educational management and ýscientific ethics in higher education will be enhanced. Higher education policy makers should ýtake the necessary steps to train professional ethics to students during education. Professors can ýalso be effective in reducing cheating by focusing on the development of professional skills, ýsupportive and respectful interaction with students and continuous evaluation.ý