The Effectiveness of a Plagiarism Prevention Policy: A Longitudinal Study of Student Views
Undergraduate student views on the severity ofplagiarism were measured before and four yearsafter the adoption of a signed certification ofauthorship policy to determine policyeffectiveness. Students were asked to rate theseverity of dishonesty for a series ofpotential plagiarism type offenses. Resu...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2002
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Teaching business ethics
Year: 2002, Volume: 6, Issue: 4, Pages: 477-482 |
Further subjects: | B
Undergraduate Student
B Type Offense B Prevention Policy B Longitudinal Study B Policy Implementation |
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Summary: | Undergraduate student views on the severity ofplagiarism were measured before and four yearsafter the adoption of a signed certification ofauthorship policy to determine policyeffectiveness. Students were asked to rate theseverity of dishonesty for a series ofpotential plagiarism type offenses. Resultsindicate that after policy implementation,students rated three out of four plagiarismoffenses as significantly more dishonest thanstudents surveyed before policy implementation. Suggestions for adopting similar policies areprovided. |
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ISSN: | 1573-1944 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Teaching business ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1023/A:1021190010446 |