The Influence of National Culture on Plagiarism

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.

The paper responds to this proposition with a thesis that understanding the ethical reasoning provided by students in defending plagiarism is crucial in preventing it in student populations. The reasons can provide the basis for specific action-orientated recommendations to reduce plagiarism and to design programs to encourage originality and

Plagiarism can be described in different ways depending on the policy of the academic or professional institution. Consequences of plagiarizing work have a significant impact on the individual. Strategies exist to help avoid plagiarism. There are policies for academic integrity in all of academia.

In today’s era of education, plagiarism is a global issue; each academic institution is facing heavy issue. Plagiarism is derived from the Latin word “predatory”, which means kidnapping or theft. "Plagiarism, broadly defined, encompasses presenting other people’s ideas as your own without clearly giving

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.

The students at Lakewood Ranch High School also insinuated that plagiarism was not discussed in class, suggesting that they were insufficiently informed about plagiarism and what it represented. Say this is true the corrective measure would be to discuss plagiarism at the beginning of the school year as well as providing a review during the middle of the academic year. Regardless, these adolescents are capable of understanding concepts, standard principles of morality (Feldman, 2014). Therefore, in my opinion they were aware of their actions of intentional copying and submitting another person’s work. Which ultimately resulted with a greater desire for rewards despite the possibility of

In Canada, copyright is strictly protected by law. Every year, college and university students write easy. Indeed, some students intentionally commit plagiarism, and, although some students do not want to commit plagiarism, they can be accused of plagiarism. Because, they may not clearly know the definition of plagiarism. Also, if the students who committed plagiarism did not know the penalties for plagiarism or they though schools could not know if their submission was plagiarized, probably, they would regret their behavior. Seneca and George Brown college policy have similar definitions of plagiarism, but different processes for verifying and penalties for plagiarism.

Although Plagiarism is inherently wrong and should be viewed by all as such, I do feel as though it has become the cultural norm. One of the most recent examples of this was the speech given my Melania Trump at the RNC national convention, in which Mrs. Trump's speech writer admitted to using parts of a speech previously given by First Lady Michelle Obama without giving her proper credit. After which, we witnessed on a national level an attempt to cover up a lie with another lie. I believe that in some ways it was because of the gray area around shared thoughts or ideas, as well as some initial embarrassment which caused her to claim that she wrote the speech. This example shows how easy and commonplace plagiarism has become, and the public

plagiarism has a sizably voluminous part in American Culture. Numerous individuals can conventionally be outwardly visually perceived partaking in exercises connected with plagiarism. This is remotely on the grounds that individuals of most ages can be included and families are amassed by this. For the most part a man who shows their disrelish for plagiarism might be viewed as an impalpable.

When it comes to trying to know the United States standpoint about plagiarism, you have to preliminary recognize two generally kept United States ethnic standards: individualism as well as straight forward communication. The cultural importance of individualism calls for university students to regard the rights of people as their concepts acquired simply by evidently identifying another’s concepts from one’s individual as well as using a proven approach for the process. Individualists likewise anticipate university students in no way discuss information in a test or possibly talk about the subjects with the help of friends that may be required to take the test another time. Another cultural importance within U.S.A. is straightforward communication.

Both America and Korea schools are famous for education systems, so problems related to plagiarism are frequently encountered issues. For this reason, questions of consequences of plagiarism have been often come to the fore, so I want to compare and contrast similarities and differences of two countries’ outcomes of plagiarism. Both of two countries have strict outcomes for plagiarism, but America has more proper and structured consequences of plagiarism. Even though schools in Korea have policies giving punishment of plagiarism, they do not really examine students’ assignments or works, however, schools in America carry out policies by trying to catch plagiarism in practice, which means that schools in America has more rigorous disciplines

Plagiarism is using someone else’s work, words, production, researches and ideas without the approval or the acknowledgment of the writer or producer, and claiming the credit for himself. Many reasons and factors are attributed for the use of plagiarism and could be cultural, historical, linguistic, environmental and educational background. Plagiarism is a form of an academic dishonesty, academic misconduct, and a digital cheating. It is declared to be an unacceptable legal act and institutional regulations. And universities, schools, and instructors do not only need to decrease plagiarism, but they must also affect positively on students writings, increase the understanding of how to use digital technology to facilitate their academic writing.

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.

Academic learning in today’s changing world brings demands to future professionals. Whether in a traditional classroom, or through distance learning, one thing is similar and which cannot bring forth a successful educational future. One thing that can damage anyone’s academic future is plagiarism. Whether being the future of a straight “A” student, or a student who is just getting by. The fact remains that anyone can fall victim to plagiarism. Plagiarism is the use of other writer’s words without acknowledging the source and taking those words and passing them off as one’s own ideas (Jones, 2001). Some people may think plagiarism is just copying someone else’s work but in reality plagiarism is much serious and hold very serious