Academic dishonesty

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Academic dishonesty refers deliberate attempt to falsify, fabricate or interfere with information, data, records or any other material relevant to student’s participation to any academic exercise or function. It broadly includes cheating, copying, reusing papers and reports, unauthorized assistance from other writers and plagiarism. This describes one trying to find an easier way to complete assignments. The pervasiveness of academic dishonesty has increased and as up to 80-90% of students admit having cheated prior to graduation from high school (Dupre, Mackey & Smith, 2005). This is because, the pressure for high test scores is so extreme, and students feel the need to be at the same level of academic excellence with their peers and also maintain the national emphasis on excellent performance in the classroom.
Plagiarism is one form of academic dishonesty. Plagiarism can be described as the act of using the creative works of another as your own work, without appropriate acknowledgment of the author or source. It encompasses the deliberate use of words, phrase, sentences, arguments, and ideas of other authors without proper citing and acknowledgement. Plagiarism ranges from copying another person’s work word for word to rewriting else’s work with only minor word changes. This is highly punishable in academic writing (University of Iowa, n.d.). In order to avoid it, one should clearly indicate the source of any idea or wording he or she did not produce. Sources should be provided regardless of whether the phrase, idea, or another material is paraphrased, quoted directly or summarized in the student-writer’s own words.
Fabrication is another form of unaccepted academic conduct which involves falsifying or inventing any information, data or citation in any form of academic work. Using an