Students who violated the conduct code reasoned at a lower post-conventional moral judgment level than students who did not violate the conduct code based on DIT2 scores. Cell sizes for some code violations were too small for statistical analysis, so violations were regrouped from seven violations into two groups: alcohol and non-alcohol violations. No significant differences were found between the two groups of violators. A factorial ANOVA was used to examine the independent variables of age, class level, gender, GPA, and Greek affiliation for main and interaction effects on moral judgment scores. Two significant differences were observed. The overall model and an interaction effect between group and class year were statistically significant, a finding consistent with moral judgment research regarding years of formal education. Students were similar in their moral reasoning abilities on the moral judgment schemas of Personal Interest and Maintaining Norms. However, students who violated the conduct code were distinctly different in the principle-based moral judgment Post-Conventional Schema. Their lower mean score for post-conventional moral judgment indicates that these students utilized principled reasoning less often than other students.
