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Plagiarism: Why Didn't Anyone Tell Me...?, Stephen B. O'Brien, James T. Schultz

Bollinger-Rosado Teaching & Learning Effectiveness Symposium Proceedings

Plagiarism, the use of the work of another author without proper credit is prevalent throughout society. In some instances a double standard exists: in academia students and educators alike are severely censured if there is the slightest indication of plagiarism. But in other areas of society, the use of compensated ghostwriters is the accepted norm. How educators must explore this dichotomy with their students, and help them to internalize their own value system, is a topic of discussion in this paper. Along with the issue of intentional plagiarism, unintentional plagiarism, due primarily to the author's lack of knowledge on how …