Plagiarism means to snatch or to copy something. This is the
most commonly used word these days due to its growing practice. This world has
become a global village, information on almost everything is available on
internet and it’s just one click away from users. This increasing usage and
convenience on the other side is creating a negative impact because people are
using this for unethical manners. The best example is the plagiarism activity
these days. Students when are to write something which requires referring books
and reading material, copy from internet. Because they believe that it’s the
easy way out.
Most of the time students who are asked to prepare a
research paper or any other academic write-up use this technique. They look
over internet copy their required stuff and submit it. The basic reason behind
this activity is the mismanagement of time by them. They don’t focus on their
write-ups until the deadline is near and at that time they only left with this
option because it’s easy and less tiring than anything else. This practice is
also adopted when a student is least interested about a course, don’t like the
faculty/instructor or is simply lazy. At times students who works to earn their
living or to finance their studies adopt this practice. For them it’s their
need but this need can be fulfilled by other means as well, plagiarism is not
the only option. They should be given proper guidelines. Further, they must be
told about its consequences so that they can avoid this practice.
Instructors should also rectify this activity and address it
properly to lessen it down. They need to explain this to students. They should
have counseling sessions with students to resolve their problems which become
the reason of plagiarism. They can even provide the reading material to
students which will help them in completing their write-ups or they can even
give them interesting topics which will motivate the student to write. Few
class activities can also be planned to reduce this practice. On the other
hands students should also understand the outcomes of plagiarism. They should
ask questions if they don’t understand anything related to topic or can ask or
reliable references from their instructors.
Students, who don’t have enough time to write their own
paper, can consult research writing services to buy a research paper instead of
copying it. These services take specifications from students and write custom
write-ups for them. They charge some price to write these papers. But if a
student is consulting such a service he must make sure the quality of write-up
that is, it should be original and not copied. Few services do prove a quality
assurance and plagiarism certificate which proves that the write-up is not
plagiarized. But again it is advised to students that before submitting such
copy of write-up they must verify it by ready it thoroughly.
