ECN 340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Profit Motive, Special Interest Group, Marginal Cost
27 Apr 2017
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Ecn340 cheating and lying: cheating and lying is about breaking social rules, what promotes and reduces cheating and lying, people will do what they want to do, unless costs are high. Prevalence of cheating: continual problem at all educational institutions. In experiments, a moral appeal had no effect whatsoever. In one instance a moral appeal led to more cheating: raising the cost will bring cheating down (make punishments worse, nice profs vs. strict profs. One with an average of 48% or 68: the one that needs the mark the most, the person with the most pressure put on them. If 48% means suspension, they will be more likely to cheat to get a better mark. If person with either mark is laid back about it, they will be less likely to cheat. The individual asks: what are the gains and losses from cheating? some form or other is so prevalent.
