Graduate business students in the United States and Canada are more likely to cheat on their work than their counterparts in other academic fields， the author of a research paper said on Wednesday.

    The study of 5，300 graduate students in the United States and Canada found that 56 percent of graduate business students admitted to cheating in the past year， with many saying they cheated because they believed it was an accepted practice in business.

    Following business students， 54 percent of graduate engineering students admitted to cheating， as did 50 percent of physical science students， 49 percent of medical and health-care students， 45 percent of law students， 43 percent of liberal arts（文科）students and 39 percent of social science and humanities（人文学科）students.

    "Students have reached the point where they're making their own rules，" said lead author Donald McCabe， professor of management and global business at New Jersey's Rutgers University. "They'll challenge rules that professors have made， because they think they're stupid， basically（至少，根本上）， or inappropriate."

    McCabe said it's likely that more students cheat than admit to it.

    McCabe said that in their survey comments， business school students described cheating as a necessary measure and the sort of practice they'd likely need to succeed in the professional world.

    "The typical comment is that what's important is getting the job done. How you get it done is less important，" McCabe said. "You'll have business students saying all I'm doing is emulating（仿效）the behavior I'll need when I get out in the real world."

    Note：

    一项调查显示，学商业的学生更容易作弊，因为他们认为作弊也是成功的手段之一。而他们在考试中所做的只是为以后的实战打基础。其它容易作弊的学科依次是工程学、自然学科、医学、法学、文科和社会人文学科。