Academic dishonesty

Stephanie Pena Professor Mladinic Composition and Rhetoric EN-113-004 Avoiding Plagiarism Like the Plague What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is the act of copying one’s ideas and passing them as their own. Plagiarism is a major problem for high school and college students and could be viewed as unprofessional. Plagiarism can easily be avoided by becoming familiar with the topic, use sources responsible, and taking advantage of plagiarism sights. When a student quotes a phrase, or takes the phrase…

they might face big problems, which are far way worse than getting low grades in exams or assignments. For instance, if a student gets caught copying or cheating in an exam, the professor would fail them in the course which will end the student in academic probation. The professor also has the ability to get him or her expelled and this would be on their record permanently. As a result, even if you try registering in other universities or school, they would not accept as they would see the…

Cheating Life Faking ones way through life is not the right route to take. A common catch phrase that I once heard is, “Fake It Till You Make It.” The meaning of the catch phrase is to impersonate confidence until success has been produced, which will help generate real confidence. Three common subjects people may fake their way through is college, sports, and jobs. Although individuals fake their way through most things, they are only cheating themselves in life. A person could easily cheat…

Plagiarism Destroys Writers' Academic Integrities Plagiarism affects a writer's academic integrity in a negative way because it shows that they are not dedicated to their work. So before you decide to "borrow" someone else's words, remember that crime doesn't pay. Plagiarism started becoming a problem in the 17th century. Many centuries before that, plagiarism was considered to be a "compliment to the original writer." However, when writing became an occupation, plagiarism started becoming…

In numerous high schools, the honor code is a set of rules that students pledge to follow in order to establish integrity and trust between one another. However, these schools often receive opposition to these codes because of the lack of enforcement in them. Such results lead to cheating, plagiarizing, and other dishonest methods; these actions tend to aggravate other students, and the aftermath is a detrimental school setting. As a result, the honor code should be revised in order to make it…

deceased, but the number of students plagiarizing is reduced. Because plagiarism is “easier to do” (Khan, Chris) now a days due to the internet which “provides an inexhaustible source of information”, having an honor code can make a “school a richer academic environment.” (Khan, Chris) The honor code is a great help that many schools need in order to reduce the amount of not only plagiarism but also theft in school. Students should be able to feel comfortable while taking a test, and there…

We should not have an honor code Honor code’s are something that students all get nervous of. We should not have an honor code because students will not follow the honor code. If we do have an honor code students might cause students to act more wildly to and they will take it as a joke. Also the honor code might make students and teachers have more work and even stress out over little things like catching plagiarism or cheating. First of all there is something that honor codes will not work for…

Lance Armstrong's scandal, there were a large number of individuals who justified their cheating because "everyone was doing it". This type of reasoning is dangerous as it teaches children, and others, that cheating can be justified. Be it in academics or sports, there is no situation where cheating is acceptable. Cheating is defined as act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage, especially in a game or examination. On its most basic level, cheating is lying. When you cheat…

Academic essays what sources are credible and why When the students study the ELC5 in Shantou university, they have to write articles and use references to support their points in articles. Students usually search the references in websites because of the powerful search capability about websites. However, students need to judge the references in websites that they are credible or not credible. They don’t know the sources of the references are credible. The websites like Wikipedia and Baidu…

The principal has committed a serious offense against the integrity of the school. His actions are, without a doubt, wrong because the principal has shown disregard for his values and ignored his conscience. So far, Grace has searched out the facts. She knows the action, which is the principal inflating the grades, and the motive, which is to make the athlete eligible to help the team. Next, she needs to think of alternatives. She could call out the principal for his actions, adjust the grade…