Hi,
While searching the Internet on the issue of plagiarism, I found a comprehensive study report on the reasons and possible results of academic plagiarism among university students. The study was carried by Dr. Roger Bennett, a professor in the Department of Business and Service Sector Management at London Metropolitan University. Here is the link to his full paper presenting the results of the study:
http://learning.north.londonmet.ac.uk/bssmstudy/files/plagiarism.doc
The results of the study revealed that the possible factors that may have effect on students to plagiarize could be divided into three major categories:
1. attitude (individual perceptions of the ethicality of plagiarism, fear of penalties if caught, and fear of failing a course)
2. personal traits (goal orientation and academic integration)
3. situational factors (financial, current grades achieved, and how strictly lecturing staff enforced anti-plagiarism rules)
Plagiarism is a strictly forbidden act according to the academic regulations at most universities and the results of it when caught might be harsh. Dr. Bennett says that thanks to plagiarism detection software- which can search through around three billion web pages and two or three thousand journals to check the similarity of a student’s materials with web page sources-plagiarized work can be easily detected, and the penalty the student will be given would result in losing a grade, having to repeat a semester or a year, or ultimately being expelled from the institution.
So this is one issue regarding plagiarism from academic standpoint. I am now expecting you to post here supporting details backed up by statistics, reports and articles from various web sources.
Thanks
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