The influence of professional ethical beliefs on academic dishonest with the theory of planned behavior

Abstract

To exam the influential factors of cheating intention, we adopted the theory of planned behavior (TPB) by adding professional unethical beliefs to enhance its predictive power. A self-administered survey of 280 business part-time students with full-time profession from a northern university in Taiwan was investigated. Results indicated that perceived behavioral control toward cheating and professional ethical beliefs have greater impact on cheating intention than subjective norm and attitude have.