Plagiarism in Higher Education

This report examines three case studies of plagiarism in higher education and publishing. The first case details a significant increase in plagiarism across 84 British universities, highlighting the ethical breaches and the need for stricter measures. The second case involves rampant plagiarism in two scientific journals, where articles were republished without consent, exposing the unethical practices of predatory journals. The third case focuses on allegations of plagiarism at the University of Fort Hare, showcasing the impact on students and the university's reputation. The report concludes by emphasizing the importance of ethical conduct in research and publishing, urging universities and publishers to adopt aggressive strategies to combat plagiarism and protect their brand image.

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Executive Summary
The plagiarism is one of the complex issues which in the ethics which need to be resolved by the
company, universities, and colleges in order to protect the brand in the eyes of the customers.
There are three cases which are related to the plagiarism issue, and it is discussed in the paper.
The cases show that the plagiarism issue arises when the company and universities use the
original work which getting consent from the researcher. The first case is related to the
plagiarism issue investigation in the universities of Britain, and it shows that the plagiarism is
increased in the past ten years. The second case is related to the rampant plagiarism in the two
journals, and the third case is related to the detection of plagiarism in the University of Fort.

Introduction
In this present paper, we will discuss the three cases of the plagiarism which are described in the
UK news over the past ten years. All the three cases are analyzed and further concluded with the
ethical issues. The first case is related to the plagiarism issues in the universities of Britain
which is a case of academic misconduct. The second case is related to the plagiarism in the two
journals, and the third case is related to the allegation of plagiarism to the University of Fort.
Case: 1
In this case, there are various universities who caught the investigation into the cheating at the
various universities, and thousands of students are caught plagiarizing by giving bribery to the
lecturers as well as buying the articles from the internet. In this case, there are total eight four
universities who were caught in the case of plagiarism and the news shows that the issue of
plagiarism has been raised from the year 2005-06 to the year 2009-10 (University cheating
league table et al., 2017). It shows that in the England region the plagiarism has been increased
by double.
Evaluation of case
In this case, there are total eighty-four universities which lie in the England region and their
plagiarism issue has been increased in the past ten years. The case shows that the universities are
violating the principle of ethical which directly impacts on the goodwill of the universities. There
are various companies which are included in the reports, namely, Kingston, Hull, Imperial,
Greenwich, Hertfordshire, and others. The plagiarism issue is increased in the universities which

also impacts on the learning and knowledge of students (Ehrich et al., 2015). The case shows the
league table in which issue of cheating and plagiarism is detected. It also shows that the bribe is
taken by the lecturers who are a violation of a law and the lecturers as well as universities should
be punished in order to improve the plagiarism issue as well as ethical issues of the universities.
Case: 2
It is the case which is related to the rampant plagiarism in the two journals. The journals are
related to the scientific articles which are published elsewhere without informing the original
author of the journals. In the first journal, the publisher is known as Science Reuters that out the
pharmacologic listed papers from the PLAS journal without informing the original researcher of
the papers (Journals et al., 2017). Another publisher is insight knowledge who had published the
various part of the topic in the journal, namely, Insight Biological science which is also
published in the African journal of biochemistry research and PLOS ONE. The Mark Johnson
who is the assistant professor at Brown University states that their articles are research work is
published in Science Reuters (FUZILE et al., 2017). According to the reports, Science Reuters
Company has published the article without getting consent from the researchers. Further, the
editor chief of the company resigned after contacted with the scientists. It is unclear that the
company listed the article on the website of the company and support liaison at insight
knowledge and stated that the company had republished the article using the common creative
license. There are various editors who are reached out by the scientist in order to analyze the
case, and they found that no one is aware related to the plagiarism issue.

Evaluation of case
The journals are mainly related to the primary research which is published by the researchers
while the predatory journal is the evitable problem. It is unethical to use articles from other
source and republished of articles without getting consent from the publishers. There are various
ways which can be used by the company in order to republish the article rather than publishing
the original work. It is the case of republishing which needs to be resolved by the company by
eliminating the original work or getting the consent from the researchers in order to resolve the
plagiarism issue.
Case: 3
In this case, the University of Fort is an allegation of Plagiarism and the political science
department at the university has raised the question regarding the academic integrity of the
school. It is also shown in the reports that three students from the political science postgraduate
background have submitted their dissertation which heavily plagiarism. According to the Ndayi,
it is reported that the work is totally copied and paste which clearly shows that the work is work
done by the students is not original. It is shown in the reports that when Ndayi claim the students
regarding the plagiarism in their work, then the students said that the plagiarism is common in
their school. After that Ndayi has discussed the issue with the supervisor and faculty of
management has recommended terminating Ndayi. Ndayi is no longer a head of the department,
and the further issue shows the actions unclear actions which are taken by the universities in
order to eliminate the issue of plagiarism.

Evaluation of case
It is the case of plagiarism at the university level which impacts on the carrier, chance of
employment an academic career of the students. Students who had completed their degree from
the university that also face the problem and required to revise the degree. The universities have
invested a huge amount on managing the plagiarism issue in order to protect the brand image in
the eyes of the customers. The universities must aggressively work on the issue of academic
integrity in order to protect the reputation of the university. The reputation of the universities
plays the main role in the career of the students as well as it is important for universities in
attracting a large number of students for pursuing their studies from the respective college
(Sonfield et al., 2014). On the other hand, there are various students who had completed their
work correctly and fairly, so they don't deserve for the degree devaluation. However, the
plagiarism issue will be suffered by the universities as well as the students, and it is the major
issue which needs to be resolved by the company through taking critical measures in order to
publish the work plagiarism free.
Conclusion
The ethics play an important role in developing the boundaries in the research and publishings.
The plagiarism is one the most complex ethical issue which needs to be considered by the
researchers, scientists, universities, and others. According to the ethical principles, the research
must not be copied, republished and used without getting the consent from the original
researchers. The universities must also consider the ethical issue in order to protect the brand
image as well as the career of the students. From the above cases, it is analyzed that all the ethics
are violated by the universities, companies and publishers which impact on the brand's image in

the eyes of the customers. All the three cases are published in the news in the past ten years, and
it shows that the aggressive strategy must be adopted by the companies and universities in order
to protect the brand image in the eyes of the customers.

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