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University of Nebraska at Kearney

Business ethics

2002

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An Investigation Of Plagiarism And Electronic Agents To Assist In Detecting Plagiarism, James Frost, Gamewell Gantt Oct 2002

An Investigation Of Plagiarism And Electronic Agents To Assist In Detecting Plagiarism, James Frost, Gamewell Gantt

Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Technology

The importance of integrity in business is echoed in the recent disclosures involving Enron, Worldcom, and several other major companies. Academically, the professor must always be aware of the potential for academic dishonesty from students. Academic dishonesty includes plagiarism. This paper reviews the motivations for plagiarism, the methods of detecting and preventing plagiarism, and two electronic agents that assist in plagiarism detection.