One of the side effects of being able to find information on the web, is that students tend to copy parts of what they find without referencing it or they pass it off as their own - which is commonly called cheating. Some schools use software programs to detect plagiarism. Several American schools are trying to reinforce their values by publishing honor codes, and the first British university, Northumbria, has just adopted one - good article in the Guardian here. The main issue is of course the fact that most students don't think it is wrong, and that the lines around what they do as original work, and pulling something off the web are becoming fuzzy. The advantage of the honor code, is that it puts in black and white the desired behavior - clarity first.
Apropos of the above, it is interesting to note an April 2, 2007 article by Ethics Newsline editor, Carl Hausman (http://www.globalethics.org/newsline/members/currentissue2.tmpl)
"Why I'm Turning Off 'Turnitin'
In one of the more interesting turns of the worm in the week's ethics news, two students at a Virginia high school have filed a $900,000 lawsuit against Turnitin, a commercial service that some schools and universities use to detect plagiarism."
Hausman, in addition to being editor of Ethics Newsline, is a college professor. This article explains his reasons for choosing not to use technology-based plagiarism detection systems.
Rich food for thought.
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