Pressure is the most common reason students act dishonestly. Situations include students feeling in danger of failing a course, and financial pressure (Malgwi and Rakovski 14).
Opportunities to cheat also influence students to act dishonestly including friends sharing information, the ease of storing information on devices, and lack of supervision in the classroom (Malgwi and Rakovski 14).
Malgwi, Charles A., and Carter Rakovski. "Behavioral Implications of Evaluating Determinants of Academic Fraud Risk Factors." Journal of Forensic & investigative Accounting, vol. 1, no. 2, 2009, pp. 1-37. http://www.bus.lsu.edu/accounting/faculty/lcrumbley/jfia/Articles/FullText/2009v1n2a9.pdf