Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a serious offence to commit by any person. It is my strong belief that it is important to respect, value and understand the rights if the author as well as awarding credits for thier hardwork, Having an academic credentials falsified, i believe is a shameless act and it just shows the person's lack of integrity.

It is a huge relieve to hear that goverments of respective country are taking actions against anyone found to have commited an act of plagiarism. Wed, Apr 28 2010. In japan, the president of Tokyo University has revoked a doctorate degree it had conffered after confirming that the Turkish assistant professor has falsified is academic credentials and plagiarized his doctoral thesis. The university president has decided to take drastic measure against plagiarism by implementing stricter screening and harsher penalites to candidates violating the copyrights infringement. In my opinion the president has made a wise choice in implementing such measure, ensuring a decrease in number of people commiting such shameless act. I believe that success is earn through hardwork and perserverance, not cutting corners by taking credits of others and make believing accademic credentials.

Here in singapore, the MOE(Ministry of Education) has also taken measures by educating students about plagiarism even in primary school. MOE suggested schools tp incorporate cyber-wellness in thier curriculum. Having these programs will help students to familiarize with the concept of intellectual property. Often in school's handbooks or campus, academic codes of intetgrity are spelled out to create awareness among students on plagiarism. Disciplinary actions such receiving a fail grade, counciling, suspension or even expulsion would be applied to students caught commiting the act of plagiarism. In my opinion, its only fair to have such rules implemented as it would help to gauge the actual calibur of a student and awarding them what they deserve.

In a nutshell, i'm absolutely against the act of plagiarism as i believe it is wrong having to duplicate someone else's work and claiming as yours. Be it a minor or a major assignment, test or examination, it should only reflect an honest and true result of our own hardwork and capability.

-Mich