Academic Plagiarism at the Faculty Level: Legal Versus Ethical Issues and a Case Study

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 75-87

  Sonfield, Matthew C ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty ethics; Faculty plagiarism; Plagiarism; Plagiarism legalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900454129     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-014-9205-3     Document Type: Article

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