Plagiarism And The Reasons College Students

Malesic shares his own personal experience as an English teacher at a college just how often students are willing to plagiarize their papers. He talks about the first time he was offended by the student that did this, and thought that it was his fault, but as he consolidated with other teachers, he learned that plagiarism isn’t as rare as he considered. Many of his colleagues told different stories of the times that they have caught plagiarism throughout their career. He tells his story about the various causes of why this happens everywhere. Malesic comes up with that students think that they know everything there is about reading and writing, however, in order to plagiarize, the person has to have exceptional skills in English, which they often do not, and it is a dead giveaway. Just because he was hurt by plagiarizing, doesn’t mean he will do something necessary as a consequence

Plagiarism is an increasing large issue on college campuses, a habit to most of the student. According to the article ‘’The Plagiarism Plague’’, the findings on the survey made to 50,000 students on more than 60 campuses was that 70 percent of the students admitted that they cheated. Half of the students surveyed admitted that one or more times made serious cheating on writing assignments, with 77 percent of the students surveyed said that cheating was not a serious issue.

Plagiarism in writing, which could be defined as borrowing a creator’s original ideas and/or words without attributing credits where it’s due, is considered a big concern in higher-education level. The difference in ways of writing among regions and countries baffled me, thus resulted in my interest in the topic. One of the ethical issue concerns the role cultural background plays in forming students’ way of writing: some believe that plagiarism is acceptable in Asian countries, claiming plagiarism is a concept produced and mainly employed into practice in the Western nations, while other counter plagiarism is perceived the same way everywhere in the world – to be frowned upon. This essay will mainly explore the notion of whether culture shapes the way students perceive plagiarism, and if the previous statement stands true, should it be appreciated as one’s tradition.

As one begins to grasp the concept of Schroth’s (2012) article The Plagiarism Plague, it is easy to identify the author’s dissatisfaction for plagiarism and the negative connotations he has for someone who is involved in this heinous offense. He initiates and summarizes his commentary with personal stories of how plagiarism has affected him. Schroth offers several solutions for the copyright issue that is upon us; he states, “the sanction for plagiarism must be at least an F on the paper, accompanied by a letter in the student's file to be consulted if it happens again, with the understanding that a second offense would mean expulsion.” Schroth was also sure to mention the collective approach necessary from all educators for his solution to be implemented. He believes the “policy will be effective only with leadership from the president and full cooperation from the faculty.” The writer goes on to explain how plagiarism has become an epidemic in this society and the effects of its prevalence thereof. Although plagiarism has become rampant in this society, it is still immoral and unethical. College students continue to plagiarize however, because they refuse to regard their education as a top priority and it has become culturally acceptable for people to falsify information without any serious penalties for their dishonesty.

In the article, Rethinking Plagiarism in the Digital Age, written by Lea Calvert Evering and Gary Moorman they discuss the idea of plagiarism, why do students plagiarize and what is the best method besides punishment to teach students not to plagiarize. In the beginning of the article Lea Calvert Evering and Gary Moorman claims that the concept of plagiarism to be “based on a capitalist view of property and ownership” (Evering & Moorman 35). The authors believe that we should reconsider and modify what we consider plagiarism because this idea is being challenged by this generation involving technology. According to this article, plagiarism is practiced among students in American secondary school and higher education. It states, “In a survey of 2,294 high school juniors...McCabe...found that 34% submitted their own work that was copied word

Arizona State University (ASU) is dealing with a case of plagiarism, Presenting someone else’s words or ideas without acknowledging where those words and ideas were located, (Ann Raimes, 2013, pg 153) against one of its professors. This is the third time the professor has been accused of using others ideas as his own without citing his source. Should this professor have a job? Let’s take a look at the three accounts and decide if they were a misunderstanding or just plain plagiarism.

Plagiarism, by almost every light, is a serious problem deserving of time, attention and care. However, its prevention is a complex, difficult question, complicated by excessive sloth and lack of action from administrators. The article “A Question of Honor”, written by William Chace, a professor and concerned citizen, is effective at reaching its intended audience. Largely, the intended audience is students, professors, and administrators who are concerned with plagiarism and wish to stop it. Consequently the purpose of the article, the prevention of plagiarism, is addressed. The article was originally published in American Scholar in the Spring 2012 issue. It can be located in the Ethics in Higher Education, edited by Nancy Henke et al. Chace’s thesis suggests that plagiarism can be prevented by the culture associated with the university. The article was originally put in an academic journal, making its audience somewhat easier to determine. As well, the article uses appeals to scholarly professionals. The text spends a good portion of the prologue establishing the claim that there is a chronic problem of plagiarism present in this culture. In the body text of the article, Chace first of all presents counterarguments to the idea that cheating is an acceptable way to learn how to write, then spends the majority of the article describing how to prevent cheating. This is effective for the genre, a persuasive article in an

Academic integrity has always been an integral aspect of my education. As a 4.0 Honors College student here at George Mason University, I have seen what separates the professionally crafted from the plagiarized. Plagiarism is a tricky concept. In most instances, students may not know that they are plagiarizing. The role of the Honor Committee is to educate students on issues of academic integrity and enforce the rules against plagiarized work. Educating students includes doing presentations and online educational tutorials about the various types of plagiarism and how to prevent plagiarizing. To enforce the rules Honor Committee members sit on a panel to provide fair hearings on cases of academic integrity violations.

As a student at Robert Kennedy College, and therefore as part of an academic community where high standards of morality are paramount, you are expected to behave honourably. Plagiarism, which is cheating under another name, wastes the time of faculty members, leads to the ignominy of being accused of unfair practice, and – above all – diminishes you as a human being.

Plagiarism is a breach of academic integrity and can be described as the unethical practice of copying a person’s ideas and passing them off as your own. It is crucial to avoid plagiarising an author’s work when conducting research and writing reports, both as a university student and an employee. Essentially, when using another author’s ideas, it should be summarised explaining the main points of the article by using one’s own words. However, when information is paraphrased or direct quotes from the original author are included, the author needs to be acknowledged using a referencing system. The referencing system that I currently use in my studies at UniSA to acknowledge another author’s work is the Harvard referencing system. This is an

When faced with the option between right and wrong, which would be chosen? In most cases majority of people would go for the morally correct option but then there are always a select few who choose the wrong way to do things. Plagiarism is a widespread issue that educators need to deal with. Rachel Dearlove, the author of Rethinking the plagiarism problem, is an example of how writing to the high education audience is a way to explain plagiarism to students in ways that they understand. Brooks Winchell, author of Successful plagiarism 101, wrote in a new way to educators about the perfect plagiarized essay, and ways students try to do it. These two articles were written in two different styles that aim get the reader involved and to

Plagiarism is using another person’s writing without source, which is a serious crime. That is why every college has policies about plagiarism. These policies have the similar punishments, such as giving failure, suspension, and expulsion, depending on the number of times a student plagiarized. However, the colleges also have different punishments. For example, Centennial College has a more detailed policy than George Brown College. On the other hand, George Brown College’s policy is stronger than Centennial College as there are no warnings.

Plagiarism is the process of taking some one else work or ideas and showing it as their own works (Oxford Dictionaries). The purpose of this study is to understand 6 different ethical reasons used by student to overcome with plagiarism and with help of these ethical reason, faculties can bring a solution to stop or prevent plagiarism. Where as unethical behavior can also lead to worries in school or colleges, so there is need to correct it so that it has positive impact on organizational ethics. Although, after reading this journal article, it was clearly seen that mostly used ethical reasons are Deontology, Situational Ethics and Machiavellianism to overcome with the problem of Plagiarism (Ashworth and Bannister, 1997).

In colloquial language plagiarism is the concept of stealing someone’s piece of work or someone’s idea. It is clear that plagiarising is unjust and immoral, however now a days it is becoming more difficult to come up with original ideas as the media allows students to have open access to all information and the producer or author must be very careful to not use somebody else’s work unintentionally and claim it as theirs. It is important to educate students about plagiarism as it can carry major consequences. The concept of plagiarism with reference to policy will be outlined and also the steps helping students and authors to avoid plagiarism in this assignment.

Plagiarism is seen everywhere in the world today. It is not just in educational settings across the countries of the world but also recognized in the workplace when stealing ideas or original plans. This is now noticed as the fastest and sometimes most efficient thing to do among the students in enrolled in high level classes and even college classes, but, it is the students and workers who should be blamed for this newly recognized strategy of completing tasks.