Plagiarism Hurts Universities / Institutes
Plagiarism
can also be a huge blow to a college's integrity. Frequent academic dishonesty
occurrences can devalue a degree earned from an institution, which may prevent
graduates from being hired for jobs and internships or accepted to graduate
programs.
To create academic awareness about responsible conduct of research,
study, project work, assignment, thesis, dissertation, promotion of academic
integrity- and prevention of misconduct including plagiarism in academic
writing among students, researchers, faculty and other members of academic
staff.
To establish institutional
mechanism through education and training to facilitate responsible conduct of
research, study, project work, assignment, thesis, dissertation, promotion of
academic integrity and deterrence from plagiarism.
In this context Plagiarism assumes importance from the view point of the
entire academic community. Plagiarism violates the element of trust,
expectation and honesty, which is a pre-requisite for academic work in an
ethical framework. In addition, plagiarism undermines the basic objective of
higher education by offering an unwarranted short-cut to the processes of
research and inquiry that leads to knowledge, learning and livelihood. Plagiarism
at universities and institutes is a serious issue that has compelled the
Institute to devise a policy to put a stop to plagiarism. The major step
towards curbing this misconduct is to sensitize the faculty, students and
research staff of the Institute regarding plagiarism, performed either
willfully or ignorantly.
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