Handling student or staff misconduct
Topic: Applying remedies and penalties
What are fair and reasonable considerations when you have to determine the appropriate measures to be taken in a proven case of plagiarism by a student or staff member?
This topic is designed to help you improve:
- your understanding of the range of factors that can impinge on the determination of appropriate responses to plagiarism
- your skills in formulating measured and consistent responses to plagiarism
In this topic, you are asked to decide what action to take in proven cases.
Further reading on this topic:
Nillson, L., Eklof, A., & Ottosson, T. (2005, August). What's so original? The discourse on education and dishonesty in the wake of a technological revolution. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Nicosia, Cyprus. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://www.distans.hkr.se/ILLwebb/Earli_paper2005_whats_so_original_final.pdf
“ Looking at the minutes from disciplinary hearings and vice-chancellors rulings in disciplinary errands we want to study the discourse on cheating as it appears when institutions file complaints about “cheating”. Specifically we are interested in student identity construction and what positions students find available to them.” (p.3 of 25)
Bartlett, T., Glenn, D., McLemee, S., Monaghan, P., & Smallwood, S. (2004, December 17). Special Report on Plagiarism. Chronicle of Higher Education, 51. Retrieved June 1, 2006 from http://chronicle.com/free/v51/i17/17a00801.htm
A series of articles on the consequences of plagiarism by university staff, with a focus on North American cases.
Overview | Observing misconduct | Following procedures
Applying penalties | Managing information about plagiarism cases