Chapter 9, Problem 9.2.5CP

During the global recession of 2008 and 2009, there were many accusations of unethical
behavior by Wall Street executives, financial managers, and other corporate officers. At that
time, an article appeared that suggested that part of the reason for such unethical business
behavior may stem from the fact that cheating has become more prevalent among business students (Chronicle of Higher Education, February 10, 2009). The article reported that 56% of business students admitted to cheating at some time during their academic career as compared to 47% of nonbusiness students.

Cheating has been a concern of the dean of the College of Business at Bayview University for several years. Some faculty members in the college believe that cheating is more widespread at Bayview than at other universities, whereas other faculty members think that cheating is a major problem in the college. To resolve some of these issues, the dean commissioned a study to assess the current ethical behavior of business students at Bayview. As part of this study, an anonymous exit survey was administered to a sample of 90 business students from this year's graduating class. Responses to the following questions were used to obtain data regarding three types of cheating.
During your time at Bayview, did you ever present work copied off the Internet as your own?
Yes _______ No _______
During your time at Bayview, did you ever copy answers off another student's exam?
Yes _______ No _______
During your time at Bayview, did you ever collaborate with other students on projects that were supposed to be completed individually?
Yes _______ No _______
Any student who answered Yes to one or more of these questions was considered to have been involved in some type of cheating. A portion of the data collected follows. The complete data set is in the DATAfile named Bayview.

Managerial Report
Prepare a report for the dean of the college that your assessment of the nature of cheating by business students at Bayview University. Be sure to include the following items in your report.
5. What advice would you give to the dean based upon your analysis of the data?