title: Undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students' perceptions of plagiarism and academic honesty.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students' perceptions of plagiarism and academic honesty.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire was administered to undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy students to determine their levels of awareness of university policy concerning academic honesty; attitudes to plagiarism by rating the acceptability of a range of plagiarizing and cheating practices; and choice of appropriate penalties for a first and second occurrence. The choice of behaviors in response to a scenario about the preparation of a reading-based written assignment and the strategies that students would be prepared to use in order to submit the assignment on time were also assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Findings indicated widespread deficiencies in student knowledge of, and attitudes towards, plagiarism. Students did not perceive plagiarism as a serious issue and the use of inappropriate strategies for sourcing and acknowledging material was common.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study highlights the importance of achieving a balance among the 3 dimensions of plagiarism management: prevention, detection and penalty.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Australia. gryan@pharm.usyd.edu.au
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bonanno
authors.forename: Ines
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Krass
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scouller
authors.forename: Lorraine
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001364:Awareness; D032781:Codes of Ethics; D008192:Deception; D004514:Education, Pharmacy, Graduate; D004994:Ethics, Pharmacy; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D009014:Morals; D010465:Perception; D015714:Plagiarism; D028743:Professional Misconduct / Q000941:ethics*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires