Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology
Ethics and plagiarism in students' opinions: A case study from the Czech Republic
Ondřej Filipec 1 *
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1 Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
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Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 2021 - Volume 3 Issue 2, pp. 103-115
https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274943

Article Type: Research Article

Published Online: 31 Dec 2021

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ABSTRACT
This article is about plagiarism from the perspective of university students. It presents data collected among 309 students at the Faculty of Law, Palacký University in Olomouc, to reveal attitudes of future lawyers towards the issue of plagiarism. The research follows previous research made at Mendel University in Brno. Next to the revealing attitudes of students towards plagiarism, the article compares results achieved at both institutions and tries to reveal the most critical factors leading to plagiarism. Moreover, data obtained at Palacký University are put into the broader theoretical context of research on plagiarism.
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plagiarism academic ethics university students Czech Republic
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Reference: Filipec, O. (2021). Ethics and plagiarism in students' opinions: A case study from the Czech Republic. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 3(2), 103-115. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274943
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Reference: Filipec O. Ethics and plagiarism in students' opinions: A case study from the Czech Republic. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology. 2021;3(2), 103-115. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274943
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Reference: Filipec, Ondřej. "Ethics and plagiarism in students' opinions: A case study from the Czech Republic". Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology 2021 3 no. 2 (2021): 103-115. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274943
In-text citation: (Filipec, 2021)
Reference: Filipec, O. (2021). Ethics and plagiarism in students' opinions: A case study from the Czech Republic. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 3(2), pp. 103-115. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274943
In-text citation: (Filipec, 2021)
Reference: Filipec, Ondřej "Ethics and plagiarism in students' opinions: A case study from the Czech Republic". Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, vol. 3, no. 2, 2021, pp. 103-115. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274943
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