Judging plagiarism: A problem of morality and convention

Higher Education

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-83

  East, Julianne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convention and morality; Justice and care; Lecturer interests; Moral judgments; Plagiarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 73249151822     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-009-9234-9     Document Type: Article

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