4/17/15 Unethical Practice

(Jack: accused of plagiarism, stayed up too late playing Fifa so he copied and pasted things from the internet, no citing)
(Adeline: accused of having someone ghostwrite her paper and she paid for it)
(Samir: accused of using someone else's essay's elements in his (purloining))
(Mohammed/Sandra: accused of collusion... Mohammed copied Sandra's notes instead of using his own (collusion))

Unethical Practice


"unethical1" from Pepperdine University

Question 1: Why do you think that most people use unethical practices to cheat academically?

Answer 1: Most people do not deliberately use unethical practice to cheat academically, rather they are usually too desperate or lazy to not use unethical practice. Three out of the four scenarios in the Murdoch University video had either been a desperate or lazy situation. 

Jack had known he had a paper to write about ethics that was due but he was too LAZY to type it, rather playing FIFA on his PlayStation at 1 in the morning leading to him having to copy and paste works from the internet for his paper.

Mohammed and Sandra had been working together on studying, but Mohammed had been behind on his notes being DESPERATE with using Sandra's notes as his own.

Samir didn't know what to study for, so he was LAZY enough to use his friend's essay as his to "study" from.

But, Adeline had deliberately bought a paper written for her with no background information behind WHY she bought the paper. It seems it was not for desperation or laziness...

Question 2: Which one of the four offences committed you think should have been let off with a warning rather than expelled? Why?

Answer 2: I think that Mohammed's and Sandra's situation was the offense that should have been let off with a warning. I mean, all of them were but, college is a fast-paced lifestyle that is very unpredictable when you are behind on notes for a class, so aid from a fellow classmate is needed sometimes. But do the universities look through students' notes?

Question 3: What kinds of problems will follow the students with this on their record?

Answer 3: For ALL four students, they will have an "expulsion from Murdoch University: Dubai" line on their record. Job interviewers, other universities, and other institutions will see their mistakes and not accept them.

Question 4: Search the unethical academic practices or plagiarism at the school you want to attend and see what the offense for these practices are and explain.

Answer 4: Since I am from Michigan and I am a Spartans fan, I picked Michigan State's Plagiarism Policy to look up. (I could only find plagiarism on their website; not ghost writing, purloining, or collusion. Sorry!)

The plagiarism policy website of Michigan State University states that a "penalty grade" will be deducted from the assignment leading to a failing grade or failing from a class.