I. INTRODUCTION.

Academic integrity is described as the prevalence of honesty in all

academic matters. Violation of academic integrity - in other words, academic
dishonesty commonly manifests as cheating in examinations or committing
plagiarism and forgery, resulting in the student not acquiring the expected
knowledge. Therefore, in order to explore the status of academic integrity, the
extent of academic dishonesty needed to be established
Cheating is one of the ethical issues which we have chosen. It is defined
as presenting someone elses work as your own. Cheating also refers to an
immoral way of achieving a goal, such as cheating in exam. It is generally used
for the breaking of rules to gain unfair advantage in a competitive situation.
With regards to students behavior, cheating is very rampant in todays
generation as compared in the past.
Cheating at school is often a group effort, with one student collecting
answers from a test and passing them on to friends within a group. Students are
often able to memorize only the answers in a short amount of time prior to class,
though some invent ways to write the answers in code on a hand or concealed
piece of paper.
Students are tempted to cheat because of the gadgets which can
provide them answer by just one click on it. They may simply point and click their
way to site, swipe and paste it, reformatting it somewhat and its yours.
Theres an old saying that states ignorance of the law is no excuse, and
when it comes to cheating, that old saying holds up. If you cheat, even by
accident, youre risking your academic career.
Everyone knows what happen to someone when they get caught
cheating, but what are the long term implications of not getting caught? Who is
affected?
This research is conceived to study the bad side of students who are fun of
doing academic dishonesty. They're just good people who are put in bad
situation. But if its doing very often, it could bring serious consequences.


II. Statement of the problem.


1. What are the reasons why students cheat on exam?

2. What should teachers do to prevent cheating?

III. Hypotheses
This study aimed at studying the students cheating behaviors in
general and to find the effects of some important variables such as
gender, parental pressure and unpreparedness. There are three
hypotheses that this study tried to test:
Research hypotheses 1: Males have a higher tendency for cheating than
females.
Research hypotheses 2: Teachers and parental pressure causes the students to
cheat.
Research hypotheses 3: Lack of preparation for an assignment, quiz or exam
increases the chances of cheating.

IV. Significance of the Study
This study meets the needs for contextually relevant research into the academic
integrity. Existence of academic dishonesty among students was demonstrated.
As such, the study increases awareness around the problem and highlights the
needs to reduce academic dishonesty where academic integrity is highly
valued and this must be done so that, ultimately, these students will developed
and be a professional for the future. The study also suggests contextually
relevant interventions to address academic dishonesty, thus enhancing
academic integrity and explore recommendations regarding prevention and
consequence of cheating.

V. Scope and Delimitation
This study explores the attitudes and behaviors of College towards academic
dishonesty. This Research is consists of a formal literature review, a questionnaire,
and interviews with some students from Cagayan State University from different
colleges and some teachers as well. After analyzing the issue of academic
dishonesty in each phase of research, the study discusses possible methods on
how to prevent academic dishonesty. This study does not cover the techniques
or ways of cheating because this might be a cause to a student to cheat and
also irrational.

VI. Definition of Terms
Academic dishonesty: the act of engaging in behavior in which a
student borrows an assignment to copy from another student, copies
off of an exam, or obtains assignments and/or exams from previous
semesters. It also includes engaging in behavior where one would
write answers anywhere on the body, clothing, desk, or paper in
order to advance oneself on an exam. Academic dishonesty is
commonly referred to as cheating throughout this literature review.
Academic integrity: abiding by the rules established in the school
and not engaging dishonestly academically. It also includes
reporting when knowing of other peers engaging in academic
dishonesty.