Culture and unethical conduct: Understanding the impact of individualism and collectivism on actual plagiarism
研究在职商科学生中个人主义与集体主义文化维度对实际抄袭行为的影响，发现个人主义者比集体主义者更易抄袭，且亚裔与白人学生无显著差异，挑战了常见刻板印象。
This criterion study examined the impact of the cultural dimensions of individualism and collectivism on actual plagiarism in working business students. Given globalization of business and recent business scandals, furthering our understanding of international ethics remains critical. Business students are the potential employees, managers and leaders of organizations in the future. In this study we focus on one form of unethical conduct by business students, i.e. actual plagiarism, and seek to determine the link between this behavior and cultural values of individualism/collectivism and associated stereotypes of Asian/Caucasian students. Our findings suggest that individualists plagiarize more than collectivists, and that no significant differences in plagiarism exist between Asian and Caucasian students, contrary to popular beliefs. The implications of these findings for scholars and managers are discussed.