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I currently work for a major institution that has both onground and online programs. Furthermore, I have worked online for several years now and while plagiarism seemed to be on the rise, at least within the classes that I had taught, it still seems quite prevalent today or maybe the easy way out.
I wonder if it is the lack of knowledge that students think it is ok to cheat or is it because of ignorance on their part to what plagiarism really is? How can adult students in MBA programs not really know the difference between right and wrong? Where are our ethical standards? Do they not matter any longer? Do we have to spoon-feed adult students so that plagiarism does not happen? Why? What happened to adults taking responsibility for their individual actions? How did these students get to this point in their life if they do not understand plagiarism? Were they not taught about plagiarism in high school or even in their undergraduate education?
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"There are a lot of students who are growing up with the Internet who are convinced that anything you find on the Internet is public knowledge and doesn't need to be cited, Professor McCabe said" (Rimer, 2003, para 5).
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Online learning unfortunately opens the doors to many venues, of which students believe they have rights that they really do not have. Rather than realizing the dangers of cheating online, this now becomes a new opportunity. It should neither be an opportunity nor a right for anyone-where are their ethics? "In distance learning, the most challenging issues are also the ones that offer the most opportunity" (PBS, 2003, para. 1).
The Center for Academic Integrity (2003) noted "Too often, faculty who try to enforce standards regarding cheating and plagiarism do not get support from the administration" (PBS, 2003, para 2) so it appears that turning ones head on the issue is the easy way out.
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