Applying ethical theories: Interpreting and responding to student plagiarism

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 293-306

  Granitz, Neil ^a   Loewy, Dana ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Ethical reasoning; Historic views of plagiarism; History of copyright; Internet plagiarism; Teaching academic integrity; Theories of ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047162831     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9171-9     Document Type: Article

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