Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2012, 60(7), 71-80 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201260070071

Attitude to plagiarism in different European countries

Tomáš Foltýnek, František Čech
Ústav informatiky, Mendelova univerzita v Brně, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Česká republika

Plagiarism is an important and frequently discussed issue, which may have severe financial impacts for higher education institutions across Europe. However, there are different attitudes to this topic in different countries. Whereas ECTS aims to provide an objective measurement of student effort allowing students to spend part of their studies at different institutions and even different countries, the penalties for plagiarism and other types of cheating may be different. Even the definition of plagiarism may be understood differently in particular European countries. One of the aims of the project IPPHEAE is to identify these differences and try to find common solutions for related problems.
The aim of the paper is to present results of research focused on attitudes to plagiarism in Great Britain, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania, Cyprus and Bulgaria. A questionnaire survey was conducted in these countries among students and teachers. The results are interesting and inspiring and show huge differences in attitude to plagiarism between western and post-communist countries, surprisingly including the Czech Republic in the group of western countries.

Keywords: plagiarism, higher education, project IPPHEAE
Grants and funding:

The research was funded by the project Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education Across Europe (510321-LLP-1-2010-1-UK-ERASMUS-EMHE).

Received: August 30, 2012; Published: July 2, 2013  Show citation

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Foltýnek, T., & Čech, F. (2012). Attitude to plagiarism in different European countries. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 60(7), 71-80. doi: 10.11118/actaun201260070071
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