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AcademicIntegrity
Inthe modern times, academic integrity has become an issue of concernamong students, teachers, and even institutions at large. As the rateof plagiarism continues to increase among students, varying measureshave been devised by institutions to curb the menace. More so, theadvance in technological development, has threatened the fightagainst plagiarism among learners. According to (Okoro 174),plagiarism is referred as the act of taking and presenting anotherperson’s work like your own. On the other hand, academic integrityadvocates for honesty, openness, and responsible pursuit of scholarlyactivity. The issues of plagiarism and academic integrity has led todifferent articles, journals and books being written addressing whatought to be done in order to avert the problem among learners. Onesuch article is, “AcademicIntegrity and Student Plagiarism: Guided Instructional Strategies forBusiness Communication Assignments”by Okoro. This paper provides an article, review focusing on theissue of academic integrity from Okoro’s point of view.
ArticleSummary
Thearticle by Okoro (AcademicIntegrity and Student Plagiarism: Guided Instructional Strategies forBusiness Communication Assignments)has its main focus on strategies which can be adopted towards theprevention of plagiarism among students in the businesscommunications studies. In addition, the article has also addressedthe issue of attitude among students and the ethical aspects relatedto plagiarism. Finally, the author has focused on the importance ofproviding learners with guidelines on how to evade the menace(plagiarism), more so giving his verdict on the use of electronicresources for plagiarism detection, which he says they do not givethe effective solution to deter students from the issue of plagiarism(Okoro 178).
PositiveFeatures of the Article
Withreference to the article by Okoro, different positive aspects can bedrawn regarding the issues of academic integrity and plagiarism. Onepositive that can be drawn from the article is that, it is for thegood of the society for institutions to maintain academic integrityamong learners. More so, the increasing rate of plagiarism isbecoming a concern and hence, not only the institutions but also theeducators who ought to embark on measures to alleviate the problem(Okoro 176). Finally, the article advocates for the need of theeducators to empower students to become independent writers.
Oneimportant issue to note as identified by the author in the article isthat, the use of electronic plagiarism detecting tools such as thecase of ‘Turnitin’,to detect cases of unoriginality in students work is not an effectivemeasure or solution to deter learners from plagiarism (Okoro 175).More so, the author has well-established ways in which learners canbe taught or trained to avoid plagiarism. Such include trainingstudents to write and present original work without depending onelectronic devices for plagiarism avoidance. In summary, plagiarismhas become an increasing menace among institutions, and in turndifferent strategies have continued to be advocated to curb theproblem, just as the case with Okoro’s article.
Workscited
Okoro,Ephraim A. " and Student Plagiarism: GuidedInstructional Strategies for Business CommunicationAssignments." BusinessCommunication Quarterly 74.2(2011): 173-178. BusinessSource Complete.Web. 7 June 2016.