Interdisciplinar y Behavior and Social Sciences – Lumban Gaol (Ed.)
© 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02735-0
Students’ behavior against internet plagiarism: Ignorance, negligence
or intentional?
Shahnil Asmar Saaid, Zaridah Abdullah & Faizah Din
Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
ABSTRACT: Internet plagiarisms have increased sharply with students cutting and pasting materials from the
Web into their assignments or term papers. This lead to one major question: are universities not doing nearly
enough to foster a commitment among students to academic honesty? However, some researchers argue that many
instances of what is commonly deemed plagiarism could be the results of students’ incompetence or ignorance. ...