Plagiarism

[thirtythree]

A girl in one of my online classes, in which plagiarism was specifically written about in the syllabus, submitted about a half page of writing for a bulletin board assignment that contained multiple sentences and phrases taken word-for-word from exactly three uncited sources. It hardly seems ethical...

 

[withsmile]

unethical... agreed.

 

[IEC]

Unethical. If the prof/teach is decent they'll recognize it. Then again, they might not care...

 

[thirtythree]

Oh, I doubt she's decent. I actually have to respond to what my classmate wrote, and it's sooo tempting to comment on the fact that she didn't write anything. I'm not sure what the proper etiquette is these days, but I assume most people would tell me to just leave it.

 

[Tyrant222]

i hate people who do this. how hard is it to come up with your OWN thought for gods sake!

 

[vtqanh]

Originally posted by: Tyrant222
i hate people who do this. how hard is it to come up with your OWN thought for gods sake!

harder than just copy others' thought

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: vtqanh

Originally posted by: Tyrant222
i hate people who do this. how hard is it to come up with your OWN thought for gods sake!

harder than just copy others' thought

Not much harder, and it's also a lot less risky.

 

[SSP]

If the school is serious, they'd bitch slap her.

 

[Orsorum]

Talk to the professor.

 

[tami]

did she tell you? or did you find that out by looking online?

if you found out online, maybe the person who grades the reports will find out also.

 

[imthebadguy]

whatever....deal with it, people do unethical sh1t all the time

 

[Brackis]

i hate people who do this. how hard is it to come up with your OWN thought for gods sake!

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Brackis
i hate people who do this. how hard is it to come up with your OWN thought for gods sake!

harder than just copy others' thought

 

[Brackis]

Not much harder, and it's also a lot less risky

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Brackis
Not much harder, and it's also a lot less risky

If the school is serious, they'd bitch slap her.

 

[Brackis]

Talk to the professor.

 

[SSP]

did she tell you? or did you find that out by looking online?

if you found out online, maybe the person who grades the reports will find out also.

 

[chrisms]

did she tell you? or did you find that out by looking online?

if you found out online, maybe the person who grades the reports will find out also.


EDIT: damnit.

 

[Crusty]

by this thread....

WTF is going on?

*scratches head*

 

[shurik92]

Originally posted by: thirtythree
A girl in one of my online classes, in which plagiarism was specifically written about in the syllabus, submitted about a half page of writing for a bulletin board assignment that contained multiple sentences and phrases taken word-for-word from exactly three uncited sources. It hardly seems ethical...

It is completely unethical. That being said, let it go. It is not you responsibility to keep track of things like that. Be nice. You never know when you may end up in a similar situation.

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: MCrusty
by this thread....

WTF is going on?

*scratches head*

They're plagiarizing each other...

Originally posted by: shurik92

Originally posted by: thirtythree
A girl in one of my online classes, in which plagiarism was specifically written about in the syllabus, submitted about a half page of writing for a bulletin board assignment that contained multiple sentences and phrases taken word-for-word from exactly three uncited sources. It hardly seems ethical...

It is completely unethical. That being said, let it go. It is not you responsibility to keep track of things like that. Be nice. You never know when you may end up in a similar situation.

I didn't say anything, but not because I may end up in a similar situation. It's not like plagiarism is something that just happens to you, at least in my experience.

 

[shurik92]

[/quote]I didn't say anything, but not because I may end up in a similar situation. It's not like plagiarism is something that just happens to you, at least in my experience.[/quote]

I've never done it either. However when you are tiered, ticked off, hours away from a critical deadline, and no way to complete the work in time you would be surprised what you may consider. I am not condoning plagiarism in any way. I think it is wrong and unethical. But, it happens. If she gets caught by the instructor she will face the consequences of her actions. If not... Then its just dumb luck.

 

[nageov3t]

definitely unethical.

as an English major, the policy in almost all of my major classes was plagurism = instafail the course and lose any trust you had with any teachers within the department. multiple offences could result in expulsion.

it's just so stupid and pointless.

 

[jst0ney]

Originally posted by: shurik92

Originally posted by: thirtythree
A girl in one of my online classes, in which plagiarism was specifically written about in the syllabus, submitted about a half page of writing for a bulletin board assignment that contained multiple sentences and phrases taken word-for-word from exactly three uncited sources. It hardly seems ethical...

It is completely unethical. That being said, let it go. It is not you responsibility to keep track of things like that. Be nice. You never know when you may end up in a similar situation.

Whenever I was faced with this problem I found ways of letting the person know that I knew and they better shape up. In dental school we had out class president handle these situations. Usually the person had a decent reason to cheat (even if I don't agree, some people cannot handle their stress) but there were those that we chronic cheaters that I wish got caught but never did.

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: shurik92

I didn't say anything, but not because I may end up in a similar situation. It's not like plagiarism is something that just happens to you, at least in my experience.[/quote]

I've never done it either. However when you are tiered, ticked off, hours away from a critical deadline, and no way to complete the work in time you would be surprised what you may consider. I am not condoning plagiarism in any way. I think it is wrong and unethical. But, it happens. If she gets caught by the instructor she will face the consequences of her actions. If not... Then its just dumb luck.[/quote]Yeah, the funny thing is the assignment she posted isn't due for 4 days, and it was only supposed to be 1-2 paragraphs.