1. What is the penalty for plagiarism at Stanford University?
The standard penalty for a first-time violation of the Honor Code is a one-quarter suspension and 40 hours of community service. If the student is in his/her final quarter of enrollment the standard practice is to convert the one-quarter suspension into a two-quarter delay in the conferral of the degree.
2. What are the six possible punishments you can get at the University of Washington for plagiarism?
The six posssible punishments are Disciplinary Warning,Reprimand,Restitution,Disciplinary Probation,Suspension,Dismissal.
3. Google the words “Fired for plagiarism”. List three examples of people who have lost their jobs for plagiarism. Make a brief summary of them and write it on your blog.
(1)Madonna G. Constantine, the former professor of psychology and education at Columbia University’s Teachers College who was fired following allegations of plagiarism, has sued the university seeking reinstatement, the New York Daily News reported. University officials declined to comment to the newspaper about the lawsuit.
(2)If you publish a plagiarized article in a college newspaper, odds are you will be fired immediately when the plagiarism is discovered. However, if you work at CBS or at the Harvard Law School, your chances are survival are much greater. From the article: "The DP [Daily Pennsylvanian] does not tolerate plagiarism in any form..." One notes that "success in the marketplace" is not a mitigating factor for plagiarism in the college newspaper business. Being a "good" plagiarist is not a defense.
(3) The chief editorial writer of a local Japanese Hiroshi Kobayashi confessed to copying at least 15 editorials from other papers when he could no longer think what to write for his paper, the Kofu-based Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun. The company's president and chairman, Eiichi Noguchi, also resigned from his post as president.
4. Read the following examples of plagiarism and the action that was taken because of it at one American university. Do you agree with the punishment in these cases? If yes, why. If not, explain why. Write your opinion on your blog.
I agree that, but i think the punishment is too much for the Taiwaness student. I remember when i was in elementry school, teacher always told us to copy something as our homework and as a punishment for us. Later we grow up, sometimes we are not sensitive for coping things cause we copy many things as a usually. For Taiwaness, i think 20 hours of community service and drop the course that student have plagiarismd is more fair then 40 hours of community service and One-quarter suspension .
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Welcome back to class. I was starting to wonder what happened when you didn't post for a couple of weeks.
I remember having to copy things for punishment when I was younger too. That is a lot different than copying something and pretending it was your work though, so it's not really the same thing.
Your suggested punishments seem reasonable, but what happens if the cheating is in a required course that they can't drop? Another problem could be that if the only punishment is dropping the course, there is no deterrent not to cheat.
In otherwords, someone might reason that if they cheat and get away with it they get a good grade. If they cheat and get caught they just withdraw from the class. Both of these might seem better than an average grade or a low grade from not cheating. For this reason, I think some deterrent is necessary.
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