I’m not sure why that attitude would encourage cheating… could you say more?
There’s even another piece to it, and that’s the moral and ethical side of it. When one takes a class or attends university, they agree to that class’ or university’s ethics code and rules. They agree to play in that sandbox by signing up and paying tuition. Cheating is saying that the rules don’t apply to them / putting their own value system ahead of the organization’s for some reason (it’s easier, they are lazy, they think the rules are stupid, doesn’t really matter). What matters is that they agreed to do one thing and we’re disingenuous.
When people become doctors, lawyers, (licensed) investment professionals, or engineers, there are rules that apply in all of those fields. I don’t want to work with someone who agrees to work in those fields but just flaunts the rules when they feel there is a personal benefit in doing so, even at the detriment of others. And one can argue “well I’d follow those rules”, but really? Would they? When push came to shove before and they didn’t see personal benefit, they clearly didn’t follow the rules that they previously agreed to.
I'm absolutely not saying it's right, but there's a point you can reach by setting expectations like this that filters out all of the honest students. I remember reading some statistic on cheating in med school and it's absolutely insane.
There’s even another piece to it, and that’s the moral and ethical side of it. When one takes a class or attends university, they agree to that class’ or university’s ethics code and rules. They agree to play in that sandbox by signing up and paying tuition. Cheating is saying that the rules don’t apply to them / putting their own value system ahead of the organization’s for some reason (it’s easier, they are lazy, they think the rules are stupid, doesn’t really matter). What matters is that they agreed to do one thing and we’re disingenuous.
When people become doctors, lawyers, (licensed) investment professionals, or engineers, there are rules that apply in all of those fields. I don’t want to work with someone who agrees to work in those fields but just flaunts the rules when they feel there is a personal benefit in doing so, even at the detriment of others. And one can argue “well I’d follow those rules”, but really? Would they? When push came to shove before and they didn’t see personal benefit, they clearly didn’t follow the rules that they previously agreed to.