The Issues of Plagiarism in Higher Education

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The issues of plagiarism in higher education
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Table of content

Background
Introduction on plagiarism ..................................................................................
Causes of plagiarism
Lack of knowledge on plagiarism............................................................................

Background

Introduction
Plagiarism is on the rise, in fact in this modern society , plagiarism is considered as one of the major common practice that is happening especially in higher education. Oxford dictionary define plagiarism as the act of copying ideas or words without proper acknowledgement (Bell, 1999; Oxford Dictionary). In detail, plagiarism could also be as such as incorrect sourcing or simply manuplating the words due to fail of acknowledging the source. These aspects may not be entirely plagiarism but could simply be leading to carelessness among students (Dawson, 2004). However, it is not consider as criminal or civil crime but it is more on serious ethical offence where moral rights have been violated for intellectual theft. There are Evidence found that the modus operandi of plagiarism have altered in recent years especially in the beginning of the Internet use has made plagiarism easier for students. Research materials can be downloaded for free or at a affordable cost and students can plagiarize this sources without acknowledgment.Therefore the issues of plagiarism can be considered as the most critical matters especially in higher education where many students does not understand the concept of plagiarism thus the lack of information will result to poor understanding and many student face difficulties in applying these guidelines of plagiarism when a task is given to them