Experts say that in recent years there has been an epidemic of cheating among young people in the United States.

Cheating is more than just students sneaking the answers to school tests; broadly defined, it is breaking the rules to get ahead.

Examples of cheating today range from illegally downloading music from the internet, which cheats the artists out of royalties, to using performance-enhancing drugs to gain an athletic advantage.

This book explores the ways teens cheat, examines their reasons for doing so, and discusses efforts to teach ethics to young people.