Professor's Code Of Conduct

Professors should have a code of conduct that addresses the plagiarism policy signed by every student, at the beginning of the semester. In case a student violates the policy, the student does not have any ground to sue nor to appeal process. The signed code of conduct prevents any further suing.

Dr. Thomas Johnson is a professor of history in the Tyler Junior College. He states that “going to college is a privilege, not a right. A student needs to abide by the policies and rules that are established. A person is not guaranteed by the Constitution of America, to go to college… so, if a student violates the rules of student conduct, then he or she is subject to be removed from the class and even from college.” In his

Professors should read and judge accordingly. If plagiarism exists, these third-parties provide proof of it.

On the other hand, these well known web sites, fail to distinguish between quoted, non-quoted, original writing, paraphrasing or plagiarism. Often students write their own thoughts, conclusions or recollection of events and the tool reads it as copied material. The system analyses by comparing the passage, but it is by no means, absolute.

When the program detects similarities and the student is suspected of plagiarism, the professor should review the work thoroughly. As it is mentioned in the short article at turnitin.com, a Pedagogic Placebo for Plagiarism, provided by Bedford/St. Marin's Tech Notes, the “student is guilty until proven innocent” which promotes a sense of mistrust both ways. If the professor charges a student with plagiarism without carefully double-checking the facts, the accusations may be false, irritating the student, to say the least, and causing the professor some administrative problems (“Technology & Teaching Turnitin.com, a Pedagogic Placebo for