Academic Dishonesty

Many universities and even high schools are finding that students don't think cheating is wrong, but instead an easy way to get ahead. They see no moral issue with using someone else’s work as their own. This is quite concerning to teachers, when there students don't think cheating is a bad thing. There are many different definitions to academic dishonesty. By plagiarizing, cheating, and fabrication of data and information is all forms of dishonesty. But there have been cases of some students going even further and "hacking" their way into school files and changing grades, coping test and quizzes. One of the most widely used deterrents for cheating is a no tolerance policy with the punishment of expulsion for any form of dishonesty. By holding students accountable they have found students are better about citing sources and making sure they don’t just copy and paste all the information gathered in their papers. Teachers have many resources to help them find ways to prevent dishonesty in the classroom. Turnitin.com has become a very well known cite for submitting papers and having them checked for plagerism. The student submits their paper and it is checked against both published works as well as all previously submitted works too. Working in a group can make it hard to stay honest on who's work is whose and so forth, but there are some fairly simple guide lines to keeping a group honest.