Stealing or Sharing? Cross-Cultural Issues of Plagiarism in an Open-Source Era

More professors and institutions want to move from a detect-and-punish to an educate-and-prevent model for dealing with plagiarism. Understanding the causes of plagiarism, especially among international students, can aid in efforts to educate students and prevent plagiarism. Research points to a con...

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Main Author: Haitch, Russell (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
In: Teaching theology and religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 19, Issue: 3, Pages: 264-275
RelBib Classification:ZF Education
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Summary:More professors and institutions want to move from a detect-and-punish to an educate-and-prevent model for dealing with plagiarism. Understanding the causes of plagiarism, especially among international students, can aid in efforts to educate students and prevent plagiarism. Research points to a confluence of causal factors, such as time pressure, language differences, and unclear rules. Though not the primary factor, ethical differences between cultures are also germane. Overall, the plight of international students summons institutions to examine their ethical norms of attribution. Plagiarism has a cultural history tied to concepts of individual creativity, but its future may look quite different in an era with increased communal sharing of ideas and images.
ISSN:1467-9647
Contains:Enthalten in: Teaching theology and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/teth.12337