The policy I would like to propose is influenced by the federal criminal justice system and the United States Sentencing Commissions’ guidelines on criminal punishments. The United States Sentencing Guidelines are non-binding rules that set out a uniform sentencing policy for defendants convicted in the United States federal court system (law.cornell.edu).The policy is structured by taking offenses based on the severity of the action and administering a punishment considered fair based on the action. In my policy, I will take into consideration whether or not the act was an innocent mistake, if the student in question is a first-time or repeat offender, or if the student was fully aware of what they were doing and decided to follow through
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In my system, points will be administered based on the number of offences, severity, and intent. Severity of the punishment will be determined on a mixture of the factors I mentioned previously, and points will range from 1-20, where if the offense is totaled in a particular tier, the student will face proper punishment. Tier 1 is 1-5, tier 2 is 6-10, tier 3 is 11-14, tier 4 is 15-17, and the tier 5 is 18-20. An example of this would be, if a has student has an assignment where they must provide a summary of their thoughts on Hamlet, and that student decides to take an excerpt from Wikipedia detailing another’s thought’s on Hamlet, then that student is committing a severe violation of the policy. In this case, they not only are they acting with intent, but they are committing plagiarism, which would would fall under tiers 4 and 5 between points 16-20. The complexity of the USSG is what I believe is the highlight of my policy. In the guideline, sentencing is based on history and level of …show more content…
I decided to adopt their point system because of the fairness of the entire process. The guideline supports my policy because there are so many factors that come into play when you discuss plagiarism. Sometimes, violations are not black and white. Some students do not know how to properly cite sources, because they never learned, and continue to do so for fear of getting accused of wrongdoing, while others are so confident, they plagiarize intentionally. When dealing with such a serious and widespread issue, there needs to be a careful process to deal with the situation. Not all students have malicious intentions when it comes to their work. In survey conducted by Dr. Donald McCabe, formerly of Rutgers University, out of 71,300 students, 62% admitted to cheating on writing assignments (AcademicIntegrity.org). My policy is detailed enough to where it will allow students to consider putting effort into their work, or weighing the consequences by taking the easy way out, in both their work and whether or not they stay in school. Plagiarism is a complicated issue, and universities need to use complex systems to combat this never-ending
In my system, points will be administered based on the number of offences, severity, and intent. Severity of the punishment will be determined on a mixture of the factors I mentioned previously, and points will range from 1-20, where if the offense is totaled in a particular tier, the student will face proper punishment. Tier 1 is 1-5, tier 2 is 6-10, tier 3 is 11-14, tier 4 is 15-17, and the tier 5 is 18-20. An example of this would be, if a has student has an assignment where they must provide a summary of their thoughts on Hamlet, and that student decides to take an excerpt from Wikipedia detailing another’s thought’s on Hamlet, then that student is committing a severe violation of the policy. In this case, they not only are they acting with intent, but they are committing plagiarism, which would would fall under tiers 4 and 5 between points 16-20. The complexity of the USSG is what I believe is the highlight of my policy. In the guideline, sentencing is based on history and level of …show more content…
I decided to adopt their point system because of the fairness of the entire process. The guideline supports my policy because there are so many factors that come into play when you discuss plagiarism. Sometimes, violations are not black and white. Some students do not know how to properly cite sources, because they never learned, and continue to do so for fear of getting accused of wrongdoing, while others are so confident, they plagiarize intentionally. When dealing with such a serious and widespread issue, there needs to be a careful process to deal with the situation. Not all students have malicious intentions when it comes to their work. In survey conducted by Dr. Donald McCabe, formerly of Rutgers University, out of 71,300 students, 62% admitted to cheating on writing assignments (AcademicIntegrity.org). My policy is detailed enough to where it will allow students to consider putting effort into their work, or weighing the consequences by taking the easy way out, in both their work and whether or not they stay in school. Plagiarism is a complicated issue, and universities need to use complex systems to combat this never-ending