MINI-LESSON 3: PROFESSIONAL REASONS

We tend to think only of the consequences of academic dishonesty within school. But what are the consequences outside of school, for example when you move into the workforce? Watch this video about a nursing student plagiarizing [[1]].

After you watch, jot down your answers to the following questions:

1. What did the nursing student fail to do?

2. Who was affected by the nursing student's unethical choices?

3. If the nursing student's plagiarism had been unintentional or a case of patchwriting, would the consequences have been different?

4. Are there other examples outside of healthcare professions where you can imagine negative consequences deriving from academic dishonesty, even if uninentional?

READY TO MOVE ON? Return Module 2: WHY EFFECTIVE PARAPHRASING MATTERS to participate in a group activity applying what you've learned thus far.

Or RETURN TO ELIZABETH'S MINI-COURSE ON PATCHWRITING.