Condoning Free Loafers: What Do Role, Care, and Justice Have to Do with it?
Phillips K.L.; Wildermuth C.-M.-E.-S.
2019
Journal of Academic Ethics
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10.1007/s10805-018-9314-5
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to explore students’ reactions to a case involving peer rating. We asked undergraduate and graduate students at a Midwestern liberal arts university to rate the performance of a close friend. To explore how role might impact the students’ decisions, we randomly assigned participants to one of two rating scenarios. In the first scenario, students rated a fellow student who had not completed his or her fair share of a group project. In the second scenario, students were asked to play the role of a professor who had to rate a peer. We found significant differences in the overall quantitative ratings assigned by participants in the two scenarios. Participants’ answers also involved more justice considerations in the professor scenario than in the student scenario. The results suggest that students may have difficulty in being honest during peer evaluation processes. © 2018, Springer Nature B.V.
Ethic of care; Ethic of justice; Friendship; Higher education; Peer grading; Role theory
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