The world relies on authentic research that guides legislation, policy formulations, and governmental and corporate actions. Therefore, researchers globally should be aware of academic integrity and publication ethics. This research delved into plagiarism that severely undermines any scientific study. It explores the relationship between adverse attitudes (attitudes that favor plagiarism) and plagiaristic behavior. We probed deeper into the theories of planned behavior, reasoned action, and ethical theories of rational self-interest, cultural acceptance, and deontology to propose corrective measures as an intervention to reduce adverse attitudes and plagiaristic behavior. Upon empirical testing of the said propositions through two studies (Study 1, n₁ = 2609; Study 2, n₂ = 2678), we ascertained a significant negative relationship between corrective measures and adverse attitudes and corrective measures and plagiaristic behavior. We also empirically examined the mediating effect of adverse attitudes on the relationship between corrective measures and plagiaristic behavior. The results confirm the mediation model, in which academics subjected to corrective actions reported reduced plagiaristic behavior through reduced adverse attitudes. The findings further the literature on plagiarism and provide crucial implications for managing plagiaristic behavior among academics. The study also provides specific corrective actions that educational administrators should initiate to ensure academic integrity.

世界依赖于指导立法、政策制定以及政府和企业行动的真实研究。因此，全球的研究人员都应该意识到学术诚信和出版道德。这项研究深入研究了严重破坏任何科学研究的剽窃行为。它探讨了不良态度（支持剽窃的态度）和剽窃行为之间的关系。我们深入探讨了计划行为理论、理性行为理论以及理性自利、文化接受和道义论的伦理理论，以提出纠正措施作为减少不良态度和剽窃行为的干预措施。通过两项研究对上述命题进行实证检验（研究 1，n ₁ = 2609；研究 2，n ₂= 2678)，我们确定了纠正措施与不良态度以及纠正措施与剽窃行为之间存在显着的负相关关系。我们还通过实证检验了不良态度对纠正措施与剽窃行为之间关系的中介作用。结果证实了调解模型，在该模型中，接受纠正措施的学者报告称，通过减少不良态度减少了剽窃行为。这些发现进一步完善了关于剽窃的文献，并为管理学术界的剽窃行为提供了重要的启示。该研究还提供了教育管理者应采取的具体纠正措施，以确保学术诚信。