Academic Misconduct Among Undergraduates Across Aotearoa: Insights and Implications for Policy and Practice

• DOI: 10.1007/s40841-024-00315-9
• Publication Date: 2024-03-26T07:10:30Z
• Authors: Jason M. Stephens; Kate Absolum; Lee A. Adam; Chelsea J. Blickem; Katherine E. Gill...; Deirdre E. Hart; John Kelly; Wendy Olsen; Neil Ulrich
• Keywords: Misconduct; Academic Integrity; Aotearoa; Headline; Research Integrity; Scientific Misconduct

Abstract As elsewhere in the world, academic misconduct is a serious problem Aotearoa. Yet, beyond occasional newspaper headline, we know relatively little about extent of here or factors associated with it. Consequently, our educational leaders and practitioners are left under-informed as they seek to address promote integrity. To help provide knowledge insights needed craft good policy best practice, Research on Academic Integrity New Zealand (RAINZ) Project—a research collaboration involving eight tertiary institutions—was founded 2021. In second semester 2022, RAINZ Project launched first-ever nationwide survey undergraduate students’ perceptions, attitudes, behaviours related Results from this survey, which was completed by undergraduates ( N = 4493), indicate that most students (approximately two-thirds) reported engaging at least one form past year. hypothesised, perceptions (of institutional climate peer norms) moral attitudes (related cheating) were significantly their engagement misconduct. Details these results well implications for practice discussed.