15+ Unobvious Consequences of Plagiarism in Academia

An oft neglected but serious consequence of plagiarism is suppression of “”idea””. The negative ramifications of plagiarism transcend the realms of originality and collectively inhibit the pursuit of “”an idea””, by enclosing the boundaries of imagination and stripping the zeal towards innovation. This results in not just an isolationist attitude on the part of the original thinker but lethargic contentment among the cheats, both of which eventually trickles down through generations where the desire for perfection is discarded in favor of a spoonfed iteration, and the concept of “”idea”” spirals down the inevitable path of monotony and mediocrity.

Assumption by others that some knowledge is possessed by the plagiarizer.
I had a chunk of one of my published papers lifted out and used in a doctoral thesis at a Christian school. Aside from the moral issues, which are many, there is the belief that this thief of intellectual property possess knowledge about a particular domaine of knowledge, and she does not.
So she masquerades as an expert in a field in which she does not possess deep knowledge. Deep knowledge is a lot different than some knowledge that can be parroted back, because one stole it.

The unobvious consequence, in my opinion, is that the students get a bad reputation (how they are viewed by teachers) because this behaviour tends to be portrayed in multiple subject areas. Teachers do talk about their students work at times and at this point habitual plagiarizers are highlighted. We tend to be somewhat lenient with students who plagiarize mistakenly because they are learning about the concept for the first time. Habitually plagiarising even after being corrected or in multiple subject areas leads to this view.

If you ask me, I rest assured that it is always just a matter of time and especially of our intertwined modern world when all the consequences of plagiarism would be fully perceived, felt or present. However, at least initially, the most unobvious consequence of plagiarism is a long-term one and that would be the distortion of moral and deterioration of human spirit, wisdom, mind and potential. To be inspired by knowledge of other people, that is to say, richness and depth of universal mind personified in an individual human soul/s, is the path toward divine level of existence and progress. If not inspired but only ready to use the existing knowledge pretending it is our own achievement, it means corruption of our soul, no development and/or decrease of progress sooner or later.

The most covert consequence to plagiarism is the disservice it affords to the plagiarizer. Those who plagiarize are not only taking credit for the hard work of another person, but they are not giving him or herself the opportunity to rise up to the challenge of creating their own work.

One real shame about plagiarism is that it shows that students don’t value their own thinking. So, one unobvious consequence is that when students plagiarize, what they are not doing is learning to articulate, explore, and defend their own ideas.

Everyone looks for the consequences that plagiarism can bring in people’s job, education or academic career. But, in my opinion one of the main consequence of plagiarism is that people who employ in it harm themselves. In order to make a good writing or research paper one needs a good range of skills like choosing well-suited citations, taking precise notes, classifying sources, interpretation skills and acknowledging others for their contributions. Those who plagiarize will never learn these skills and life duties may be tough without them which means that one harms himself more than others by plagiarizing.

The least obvious consequence of plagiarism is the broken trust between the teacher and the students. When teachers assign an essay, they are placing faith in students and trusting that they will work diligently and submit an original piece of work. Students who plagiarize are breaking that bond of trust and fostering feelings of suspicion and doubt in the mind of the teacher. Broken trust is difficult to fix, and the feelings of betrayal can be hurtful and persistent.