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It is noted that, "Many students who cheat think business school is a game and not real. But if they are willing to cheat at a game, it makes me wonder if they will cheat when it is real, too," said Rhonda Reger, associate professor and co-chairwoman of the management and organization department at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Concerning real life situations and cheating, E. Ralph Biggadike, professor at Columbia Business School's Sanford C. Bernstein Center for Leadership and Ethics observes, "My worry is how they might be tempted by a fairly minor situation, but that becomes the beginning of a slippery slope."5 While cheating is dishonest and disruptive, "Chances are most ethical lapses wouldn't destroy the companies where they work, but the ramifications of such behavior can only grow as the students climb the corporate ladder."6 Rather than sinking into bad habits, actively build and establish positive values.