The study was conducted to examine perceived seriousness of academic cheating behaviors among undergraduate students in an Ethiopian University. A total of 245 (146 males and 99 females) regular undergraduate students were randomly selected from three colleges: business and economics, natural and computational science, and social science found in a university. Data were collected using a survey. The results indicated that majority of the respondents rated most cheating behaviors as “serious” The study found that although students perceived the seriousness of most cheating behaviors, they continued to actively engage in cheating. Furthermore, significant differences were found in the perception of the seriousness of academic cheating behaviors amongst students according to field of study and gender. Therefore, as today’s undergraduate students are the employees of tomorrow and that the ethics they adopt and adhere to shape their behavior in the future, it is suggested that there is a need to make known to students the reality of academic integrity and to expose them to the consequences of violating students’ academic code of ethics.

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本科生对学术作弊行为的重视程度：埃塞俄比亚经验

这项研究的目的是检查埃塞俄比亚大学大学生在学术作弊行为中的严重性。从三所大学中随机选择了245名（146名男性和99名女性）正规本科生：一所大学的商业与经济学，自然与计算科学以及社会科学。使用调查收集数据。结果表明，大多数受访者将大多数作弊行为评为“严重”。研究发现，尽管学生意识到大多数作弊行为的严重性，但他们仍继续积极从事作弊行为。此外，根据学习领域和性别，学生对学业作弊行为的严重性的认识存在显着差异。所以，