TY - JOUR
T1 - Unintended lessons
T2 - Plagiarism and the university
AU - Thompson, Carol C.
PY - 2006/12
Y1 - 2006/12
N2 - Plagiarism, like other ethical problems, flourishes in atmospheres with few consequences. The finding by one survey that only 27% of college students thought cutting and pasting someone else's work was "serious cheating" is troubling evidence of student inclination to cut corners ethically. Papers are easily copied from the Internet, and adult role models in the larger world are equivocal. Academic settings themselves may subtly encourage such behaviors if they think of their students as customers and outsource teaching to adjuncts. Plagiarism detection software, though helpful, is not without its own problems. Colleges and universities that carefully outline consequences, particularly if these are part of an honor system collaboratively run by students and faculty, can reduce plagiarism.
AB - Plagiarism, like other ethical problems, flourishes in atmospheres with few consequences. The finding by one survey that only 27% of college students thought cutting and pasting someone else's work was "serious cheating" is troubling evidence of student inclination to cut corners ethically. Papers are easily copied from the Internet, and adult role models in the larger world are equivocal. Academic settings themselves may subtly encourage such behaviors if they think of their students as customers and outsource teaching to adjuncts. Plagiarism detection software, though helpful, is not without its own problems. Colleges and universities that carefully outline consequences, particularly if these are part of an honor system collaboratively run by students and faculty, can reduce plagiarism.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.00788.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9620.2006.00788.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33845437996
SN - 0161-4681
VL - 108
SP - 2439
EP - 2449
JO - Teachers College Record
JF - Teachers College Record
IS - 12
ER -