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Is it ethical for a professor to plagiarize information directly from a website into a written lecture (online class)?

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I was looking up, online, the meaning of a topic discussed in an online "lecture" and found out that it was word for word from a website, so I ran it through a couple dot com checks on plagiarizing and they both came up with the website I ran into, by accident while I was looking for the meaning.

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  • 5 years ago
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    No - but if they give credit, which it sounds like they did, they aren't plagiarizing. If they provide a link to the website, that's not plagiarism. If he doesn't claim it's his, it's not plagiarism. Since you know it came from a website, obviously it doesn't qualify.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    As long as he gives credit to the web page somewhere on a powerpoint slide or Anything online, that is NOT plagiarization. he is giving credit where credit is due and is NOT violating anyone's copyright or stealing anyone's intellectual property. This is ENTIRELY ethical.emaIL the professor and accuse them of violating copyright or stealing intellectusl prperty,. Better yet, PHONE the professor I hope you get a lecture that leaves you humiliated and and embarrassed. This is ENTIRELY ethical. People lie you is WHY i am aggressive about protecting my copyright.

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  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Of course not, but when you take classes online, you're gambling on the quality of the instruction.

    You also don't know whether the original author gave permission for use or whether credit is given somewhere. You need to check on that THOROUGHLY before you make any accusations.

  • Jai
    Lv 5
    5 years ago

    Till it explains what students want to learn. you shouldnt ideally bother that if its plagiarized or not..

    Ofcourse it matters when we submit work because our copy-pasting means..We havent understood it at all..

    http://projectsdeal.co.uk/ I take academic help from..they give me writecheck turnitin report with plag below 10%.

    So cheating is not much of a concern..Result is all that finally matters.

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