Directory of Academic Dishonesty Resources

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Covers plagiarism, faking or manipulating data, stealing ideas, falsely claiming credit for others' work, forgery or hoaxes in an academic setting.

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• Plagiarism

Resources in This Category

• ABC News: A Cheating Crisis in America's Schools

  http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=132376&page=1
  Result of a six-month investigation.

• Cheating: An Epidemic

  http://privateschool.about.com/cs/forteachers/a/cheating.htm
  Short article about academic cheating from about.com

• L.A. Times - Scandal in Organic Semiconductor Development

  http://www.drproctor.com/os/latimesschon.htm
  "Prominent Physicist Fired for Faking Data Research: Bell Labs says scientist 'recklessly' misrepresented work on microprocessors."

• The Guardian - The exam system that puts temptation in teachers' way

  http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/oct/28/primaryeducation.schools
  The UK system of national testing for 11-year-olds puts too much trust in individual teachers to police themselves.

• The Guardian - Widespread cheating devalues school tests

  http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/oct/28/schools.primaryeducation1
  Cheating in national tests for 11-year-olds is so widespread that school league tables can no longer be trusted, a Guardian investigation has found.

• TOPICS Online Magazine for ESL - Academic Dishonesty (Cheating)

  http://www.topics-mag.com/edition13/cheating-page.htm
  Tutorial of sorts intended primarily for adult ESL students. Includes vocabulary and idioms, photo essay demonstrating cheating techniques, hypothetical situations, a poll, and real-life stories.

• Unconventional University Diplomas from Online Vendors: Buying a Ph.D. From a University That Doesn't Exist

  http://www.hep.uiuc.edu/home/g-gollin/diploma_mills.pdf
  7.6 megabyte pdf file. George Gollin explains how he followed up on an ad that popped up on his computer about getting a "diploma within days." Includes many screenshots of what he learned.

• University of Manitoba - Cheating, Plagiarism & Fraud

  http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/advocacy/cheating_plagiarism_fraud.shtml
  Material to help if you have been accused of or if you suspect someone else of committing an academic offense; and material help understand academic offenses better in order to inadvertently avoid committing them.

• University of Manitoba - Test Your Integrity IQ

  http://www.umanitoba.ca/student/advocacy/academic_honesty_quiz.shtml
  11 school-related ethics questions with an answer key.

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