The Electronic Resources Policy and Ethical Undergraduate Business Student Behavior: COVID-19 Pandemic Effects

Carl Case (), Darwin L. King () and Julie A. Case ()
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Carl Case: St. Bonaventure University
Darwin L. King: St. Bonaventure University
Julie A. Case: St. Bonaventure University

No 14115946, Proceedings of Economics and Finance Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: Electronic resource policies are implemented to provide user guidelines, minimize negative activities, and encourage positive ethical behavior. This study was therefore conducted to longitudinally examine policy effectiveness for undergraduate business students and, in particular, examine possible COVID-19 pandemic effects. Results demonstrate that during the pandemic, unethical student behavior such as cheating on online exams greatly increased. However, by the end of the pandemic, behaviors nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels and the electronic resources policies are now increasingly perceived as being an effective deterrent to unethical behavior both for the student and others.

Keywords: Electronic Resource Policies; Ethics; Cheating; Undergraduate Business Students (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L86 M19 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the International Conference on Economics, Finance & Business, Prague, Nov -0001, pages 30-43

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