Plagiarism as a form of academic misconduct : students' opinions

Sve bržu i jednostavniju dostupnost izvora u današnje vrijeme zahvaljujemo procesu digitalizacije i razvoja interneta, a pri svakodnevnom čitanju, analiziranju i preuzimanju raznih sadržaja često se zanemaruje važna uloga autora. Samim time omogućeno je i lakše stvaranje plagijata, bilo da se radi o svjesnom ili nesvjesnom postupku. Plagijati se kritiziraju ponajviše u akademskom okruženju, gdje se korištenje tuđih riječi, ideja i rada kao vlastitih nedvojbeno smatra neetičnim, odnosno protivi se akademskoj čestitosti. Rad se bavi problematikom plagiranja u studentskim radovima, pitanjem čestitosti i, posljedično, važnosti citiranja. Nadalje, razmatraju se mogući razlozi nastanka plagijata u procesu obrazovanja te načini poučavanja s ciljem njegovog sprječavanja.Nowadays, due to the process of digitization and development of the Internet, we have a faster and easier availability of sources, and by our daily reading, analyzing and downloading various contents, the important role of the author is often neglected. This has made the creation of plagiarism easier, whether it is about a conscious or an unconscious procedure. Plagiarism is most of all being criticized in the academic community, where the use of other people's words, ideas and work as one's own is undoubtedly considered unethical, i.e. it is opposed to academic integrity. The paper discusses the problem of plagiarism in student papers, the question of honesty and, consequently, the importance of citation. Furthermore, the possible reasons for the occurrence of plagiarism in the educational process and ways of teaching in order to prevent it are considered