Case Study 3: Handling Allegations of Academic Dishonesty - Transcript


Laurie Hulcher
Assistant Director for Graduate Student Relations
Graduate School of Management and Technology

Category: » Fac-resources » Faculty-development

Professor (Dr. Simpson)
Mr. Johnson, I examined your paper on fish and I found most of it to be quite good. I was concerned though, when I discovered that five pages seem to be taken from a website and they weren't referenced.

Student (Don J.)
What? What makes you say that my material was from a website? I am not a cheater.

Professor (Dr. Simpson)
Don, at the beginning of this semester I told the class that I use a service, Turnitin.com, to check all submissions, and after checking your paper I saw that it included verbatim text from a website, FishesToday.com, but there is no reference for the site in the body of the paper or in the reference list.

Student (Don J.)
What? Why are you being so suspicious?
Why would you send our paper to a website for review? I don't remember being told about this. It is an outrage, probably a violation of my copyright. Why would I knowingly plagiarize? This is so unfair, accusing me. I might have made a mistake or forgotten to credit a website. But it is such a small amount of the paper:less than a third. Maybe I can redo that part if you think it is such a big deal.

Professor (Dr. Simpson)
Oh yeah Don. Plagiarism is a very big deal and I don't know if rewriting the paper is good enough or reflects how serious this is. Let me think about it. I'll let you know what I decide.

About the Author(s)

Laurie Hulcher, Assistant Director, GSMT, handles a vide variety of student communication, liaison, and case issues including student academic petitions and grievances. Within this role, she also provides guidance to faculty and graduate students on equitable processes for implementing the University's academic policies.

Betsy Alperin, Assistant Dean, GSMT, manages faculty academic affairs. Her responsibilities include promoting programs to develop, reward, and retain faculty and enhance their effectiveness. She also teaches EDCP 100, Principles and Strategies of Effective Learning.

Heloisa Siffert, Senior Instructional Support Specialist, Center for Support of Instruction, develops and delivers faculty training programs, and collaborates with the academic units on online classroom setup, course design, and resolving technical issues. Her areas of expertise include graphic design and web development.

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