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Week 8: Your Moral Theory ETHC445N-60342 12/19/23

According to a study conducted by Donald McCabe from Rutgers University, 64 percent of the 24,000 students surveyed at 70 high schools confessed to engaging in test cheating, while 58 percent admitted to plagiarism. Additionally, a staggering 95 percent of the students acknowledged their involvement in some form of cheating, including test cheating, plagiarism, or copying homework (Turnitin, 2017). Plagiarism is a contentious subject that is frequently presented to youngsters as early as grade school. Plagiarism is a direct violation of ethical principles such as honesty, respect, responsibility, and discipline. In my previous discussion article, I emphasized my moral philosophy, which centers around virtues such as respect, integrity, careful observation of individuals' acts before forming judgments about their character, and holding them accountable for their actions. The two ethical theories that most closely align with my moral system are virtue ethics and Kantian ethics. Virtue ethics prioritizes an individual's character as the central component of their ethical thought process, rather than focusing on the regulations around the actions or their outcomes (BBC, 2014).To clarify, the emphasis is on the integrity and ethical principles of an individual. According to Kantianism, the moral correctness or incorrectness of an action is determined by its intents or maxims. The essence of Kantianism lies in the principle that the moral worth of an action is determined solely by its intentions, regardless of its consequences. These two ethical theories prioritize the observation of individuals' features to comprehend their intentions, which subsequently determines the moral or immoral nature of an action. This aligns with my moral theory, emphasizing its significance. According to my moral philosophy, Jane Doe's actions, which include submitting blank assignments to deceive her professor, translating assignments from Spanish to English for submission, paying students for essays, and copying and pasting another student's assignment, do

not align with the virtues outlined in my personal philosophy. Therefore, Jane Doe's actions can be considered unethical and immoral. Jane Doe's activities lacked integrity, honesty, respect, fairness, and accountability. She actually displayed the antithesis of such virtues. An individual who possesses integrity demonstrates a strong inclination and determination to act in accordance with ethical standards, displaying honesty, truthfulness, respectfulness, and adherence to a moral code. Jane Doe's recent behavior clearly demonstrated her true goals, which involved avoiding personal responsibility and relying on her peers to complete her task. This behavior reflects her dishonesty and a lack of self-discipline or moral integrity. Jane Doe has engaged in a substantial amount of ethical misconduct in this situation. In week one, Jane plagiarized the work completed by her classmate John Doe, which was originally done two months ago. In week two, Jane resorted to StudentPapering.com and purchased ten dollars for an essay written by another student (not John Doe) who had taken the same course four months earlier. In week three, Jane remunerated a worker at PaperingStudent.com with a sum of ten dollars to compose a completely original essay for her. This transaction took place in week four. Jane utilized her expertise in Esperanto to directly translate it into English using Moogle Translate. This translated text was then submitted as her week four paper. In week five, Jane intentionally uploaded a blank paper with the hope of later asserting that it was an unintentional error, thereby avoiding any late penalties. Furthermore, in week seven, Jane engaged in plagiarism by copying and pasting content from the website.com for her paper. Jane failed to employ any quotation marks or other forms of proof to indicate that the content was not authored by her. I intentionally omitted the discussion of week six as it became apparent by this point that Jane had no inclination to do her own tasks. It is clear that as each week passed, Jane's proficiency in discovering various methods to cheat increased, her moral principles declined, and

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her ethical breaches worsened. However, to select a less serious example than the previously described week 6 incident, Jane reused work from a nursing course she took a year ago and submitted it as her discussion post for her current class. This is seen as a relatively minor ethical infraction as it pertains to her own work, rather than appropriating or plagiarizing someone else's work or engaging in deceit by falsely claiming to have completed the assignment to deceive her professor. According to the deontological theory, the moral value of activities is determined by a predefined set of norms (Granitz & Loewy, 2007). Given this situation, I believe that the deontological theory would provide the most precise and appropriate path of action. activities are seen as morally virtuous based on the inherent qualities of the activities themselves, rather than the positive outcome they produce (Mulholland, 2020). When this idea is implemented, individuals are considered to have a moral obligation to adhere to the established regulations. In addition, activities that conform to the regulations are considered moral, whereas those that contravene the laws are deemed unethical. Deontological ethics prioritizes the acts of individuals, emphasizing the importance of doing what is morally correct simply because it is the right thing to do. It also emphasizes the avoidance of bad behaviors due to their inherent immorality, often guided by established standards. The act of stealing is morally incorrect, as is the act of dishonesty. Conversely, it is morally correct to uphold one's commitments and fulfill pledges. The Jane Doe University should establish a comprehensive framework of student guidelines, regulations, and codes of ethics that they deem necessary for their students to adhere to. Additionally, they should implement a system of punishments to be enforced in the event that students breach any of these rules. When debating societal norms, it is crucial to ensure that all

individuals are treated with impartiality and equanimity, irrespective of their religious convictions. References BBC. (n.d.). Ethics - introduction to ethics: Duty-based ethics . BBC. https://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/introduction/duty_1.shtml Granitz, N., & Loewy, D. (2006, December 5). Applying ethical theories: Interpreting and responding to student plagiarism - Journal of Business Ethics . SpringerLink. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-006-9171-9 Honor and shame: Plagiarism and governing student morality. (n.d.). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/2194587X.2020.1741394 Plagiarism: Facts & stats . Plagiarismorg RSS. (n.d.). https://www.plagiarism.org/article/plagiarism-facts-and-stats

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