Cheating in any form in my opinion is wrong. Cheating is a common practice in schools, businesses, sports, relationships, and so forth. Although cheating happens to others, the cheaters are also cheating themselves.
I believe cheating in schools common due to the pressure students feel. Schools set high academic standards in which students are expected to live up to. Parents of students also expect their children to do well and exceed in school. Student feel they must do well in order to impress and do whatever it takes, including cheating, to get the best grades.
Due to the ecomomical collapse our country has faced over the past few years this has caused businesses to be dishonest. An example is of a business that managed people retirement. Many people trusted businesses to handle their retirement only to realize that they had been scammed. Hundreds of people found out that their retirement had been embezzled and they were left with nothing. This financial gain for the company proved to be unworthy and jail time was received.
We also see cheating in sports. Lance Amstrong was accused of using steroids for enhancement. This is also see among other athlete’s including wrestling, baseball, basketball, and football. Mandated testing is being mandated to prevent such illegal things from occurring.
Relationships also suffer due to cheating. Instead of couples talking things out or getting counseling the resort to finding other people to satisfy their needs and desires instead of talking and working out the problems with the significant others. This is only a temporary ix