Open AccessReducing Plagiarism among the Students’ Essays in the Light of Ethical Perspective
Author(s) -
Halim Wiryadinata,
Jootje Musa Pankey
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sotiria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2685-354X
pISSN - 2685-3493
DOI - 10.47166/sot.v3i1.15
Subject(s) - interview , perspective (graphical) , subject (documents) , set (abstract data type) , cheating , mathematics education , work (physics) , sociology , pedagogy , psychology , computer science , law , political science , library science , visual arts , art , social psychology , engineering , programming language , mechanical engineering
An essay is one of the assignments that have been given by the lecturers to the students involved in the subject. However, the given essay is done by the undergraduate students of Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Pelita Bangsa contained as the plagiarism work, which is analyzed by the Turnitin tool. Plagiarism is committed among 27% - 35% as found through the Turnitin tool and it seems to increase gradually every semester. This “criminal work” needs to be minimalized, where the standard of Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Pelita Bangsa is being set up and must be met by the Word of God which says, “Do not steal.” If the problem is not sorted out then the increasing number of plagiarisms threatens the academic standard of academicians at ST Pelita Bangsa. Therefore, this research must be conducted through careful analysis via qualitative methodology by interviewing the students and the lecturers. The finding is that students don't know how to write an essay due to the lack of practicing from the beginning of the new academic year and the limited number of books at the library is the motive for the students doing it. The latter recommendation must be done to prevent the increase of plagiarism.