THE FREQUENCY OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AMONG STUDENTS
THE FREQUENCY OF ACADEMIC DISHONESTY AMONG STUDENTS Hudabia Saleem INDUSTRIAL/ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST Government College University, Lahore laureatefolks@gmail.com 1. INTRODUCTION Professors around the world have noticed an alarming increase in the new trend of Academic dishonesty. In the past few years, students admitted to at least one serious cheating instance through a survey conducted across the colleges (Pavela & McCabe, 2012) . It is incredibly easy to access information directly from the internet and technological devices particularly iPhones have put all the information into the hands of students. Today students are faced with extraordinary pressure from parents to get good grades (Lepp, 2017) . This has led them to believe that it is necessary to cheat to succeed. These thoughts are furthe...