Identifying Unethical Academic Behaviors of Students Studying Food Service, Hospitality, Tourism and Culinary Arts

Cheating by students is a problem in academic institutions. The purpose of this study was to assess how likely or unlikely senior students studying: food service, hospitality, tourism and culinary arts would participate in certain types of academic dishonesty behaviors. Although the problem is well...

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Published inJournal of culinary science & technology Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 30 - 39
Main Authors Calvert, Charles L., Martin, Lynda, Beck, Jeff, Lin, Shin Yi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Binghamton Taylor & Francis Group 28.04.2008
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
Cheating
Ethics
food service
Food service industry
Higher education
hospitality
Hospitality industry
Restaurants
Student behavior
Tourism
tourism and culinary arts
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Summary:Cheating by students is a problem in academic institutions. The purpose of this study was to assess how likely or unlikely senior students studying: food service, hospitality, tourism and culinary arts would participate in certain types of academic dishonesty behaviors. Although the problem is well known, few studies have looked at students perceptions of individual cheating behaviors. College senior students studying food service, hospitality, tourism and culinary arts at three colleges were contacted via their professors. Statistical analysis was done to test for significant differences between gender and academic institute of the survey population. Significant differences were found. Results of this pilot study may help to better understand the cheating behaviors of food service, hospitality, tourism and culinary arts students. Further research into how these behaviors impact the careers of these students after they graduate and take jobs in the fields of culinary, hotel, restaurant and tourism.
ISSN:1542-8052
1542-8044
DOI:10.1080/15428050701884147