| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 262 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Bradford book.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references pages (235-253) and index. |
| Contents |
Finding the right balance -- Entering the realm of academic misconduct -- Extent of academic misconduct -- Changing circumstances and risk factors -- Countering and curing -- Detection -- Detection of fabrication and falsification -- Detection of text plagiarism -- Detection of the plagiarism of ideas -- Detection of software plagiarism -- Detection of misused connections -- Detection of academic make-believe -- Detection of possibly deceitful educational software -- Analysis -- Analyzing alleged fabrication and falsification -- Analyzing alleged plagiarism -- Analyzing the misuse of professional connections -- Analyzing the self-promotion of one's own work -- Analyzing academic make-believe -- Analyzing possibly deceitful courseware -- Analyzing the plagiarism of ideas -- Assessment -- Fabrication or not? Falsification or not? -- Plagiarism or not? -- Can a thesis or doctoral committee be guilty of misconduct? -- Can publications become misconduct? -- When do research projects become deceptive? -- When do educational media become deceptive? -- When does ignorance become misconduct? -- Assessing hidden motives -- Reporting and handling -- Should one report misconduct? -- Whistle-blower -- Recommendations for reporting -- Institutional response -- Accused -- Responsibility of editors and librarians -- Prevention -- Constructive measures -- Deterrent measures -- My core issues -- Final recommendations -- A never-ending story -- Cerberus -- Comparing texts. |
| Summary |
"This book presents an overview of the phenomenon and handling of academic misconduct. After introducing a brief historical background, it discusses contemporary circumstances that affect the nature and frequency of academic misconduct. It then details the phases of misconduct discovery and investigation: detection, analysis, assessment, reporting, and institutional handling. The final chapter deals with prevention. The book focuses on concrete cases, showing the complexities and ambiguities in dealing with presumed academic misconduct. The book also provides practical advice to both whistle-blowers and those accused of academic misconduct." "The book pays special attention to plagiarism, one of the most frequent but also most complex forms of academic misconduct. It analyzes the various degrees of possible plagiarism, detection techniques, challenges in proving plagiarism, and denial tactics. It also offers advice on how to report and handle cases of alleged plagiarism, both by students and by professionals."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
College discipline.
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College discipline. |
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Plagiarism.
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Plagiarism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Colpaert, Jozef.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Decoo, Wilfried, 1946- Crisis on campus. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002 0262042010 (DLC) 2001044477 (OCoLC)47755938 |
| ISBN |
0585442819 (electronic book) |
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9780585442815 (electronic book) |
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0262042010 (hc. : alkaline paper) |
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9780262042017 |
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