The Comparison of Moral Intelligence and its Components in Academic Cheating and NonAcademic Cheating Students at Urmia University

The main theme of the article is a comparison of moral intelligence and its components of cheating in the cheater and noncheater students of the Urmia University.
The present research method is the description of the causal-comparative one. The population of this research study includes all cheating students who had disciplinary penalty by the disciplinary committee in the period of 1392 to 1395 and had received the sentence. To achieve the ideal conclusion, 20 cheating and 20 non-cheaters students were selected by simple random sampling. Len nick & Kiel moral intellectual questionnaire was used to collect information.
The results showed that moral intelligence, integrity components, responsibility and forgiveness of cheating students were less than non- cheaters.
The author of the survey concluded that the ethical belief development can strengthen macro policies in the academic structure and prevent the spread of cheating.