Why Is Cheating/Plagiarism Wrong and What Will Happen if Im Accused of Academic Misconduct?
1. It is unfair to honest students who work hard for good grades. 2. It devalues our degrees. If KSU gets a reputation as a school where cheating is common & is tolerated, employers and other schools will not value it and will not hold our graduates in high esteem. 3. Cheating students succeed w/out learning, penalizing themselves and everyone who depends on them for the knowledge they lack. (example- brain surgeon who cheated his way through college & med school-how would you feel if you knew this person would operate on you or a loved one?) 4. Acceptance of cheating (ignoring it or considering it a trivial issue) creates a norm of dishonesty that spreads through the school and ultimately into society. (Examples- business frauds-Enron, WorldComm, etc) 5. Cheating is a betrayal of the trust of ones teachers and classmates. 6. Plagiarism (whether its deliberate or accidental) is stealing the academic work of others and passing it off as your own. What Exactly Is Plagiarism? Section II A
