Concerns over academic dishonesty and plagiarism have risen in the digital age. Violation of academic ethics begins in school when holiday homework is ‘outsourced’ for a price. Such behaviour, in academic parlance, is defined as passing off another’s work as one’s own — in short, plagiarism. Nebulous understanding of what constitutes academic ethics and the fact that violations are often ‘let off’ with minor penalties add to the problem. Universities across the world give enormous importance to academic ethics.

Source: The Hindu May 12, 2017 01:18 UTC