review · Cogent Education
A systematic review examining eighteen studies across four databases shows a considerable link between dishonest behaviour in higher education and dishonesty in the professional workplace. Dishonesty during tertiary education carries consequences that extend well beyond immediate academic penalties, serving as an indicator of future workplace conduct. Addressing these unethical habits is therefore framed as a critical choice between cultivating ethical professionals and damaging professional standards. Although the limited number of existing studies restricts broad generalisations, the available evidence demonstrates that college misconduct has lasting effects. To counter this trend and uphold standards of integrity, multi-level intervention strategies have been formulated. These approaches engage multiple stakeholders across the education system, bringing together students, teaching staff, institutional administrators, and educational policymakers to build more robust ethical environments.
Unethical conduct in higher education does not simply end at graduation. Understanding that academic misconduct often translates into workplace dishonesty helps employers, educational institutions, and society recognise the long-term impacts of classroom cheating. Addressing dishonest practices early through coordinated interventions across educational tiers protects professional integrity and ensures that entering professionals adhere to ethical workplace standards.
The research informs multi-level integrity interventions intended for use by educators, administrators, and policymakers to mitigate dishonest behaviours. These intervention approaches appear to be early-stage educational and policy frameworks, but the abstract does not indicate a commercial application pathway or formal product development.
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There has been a growing interest in determining whether dishonesty in college can be transferred to the professional workplace. There have been few, yet scarce, studies that focused on the link between college and workplace dishonesty. This review aims to bring into the limelight evidence-based consistency of the links between college and workplace dishonesty. Four databases were systematically scanned and yielded 18 articles related to dishonesty at the college and workplace levels were retrieved. Recognizing that there are only a few studies in this area that limit generalizations of this article, there are pieces of evidence that support a considerable association between college and workplace dishonest behaviors. Academic dishonesty in college can be considered more than just a matter of immediate academic repercussions, and it can also indicate potential workplace dishonesty to some degree. Instead, it tends to be a choice between producing ethical and unethical citizens or between preserving and smashing the profession. We have attempted to maintain academic integrity by developing multi-level intervention approaches that involve students, educators, administrators, and policymakers.
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DOI: 10.1080/2331186x.2021.1935408
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