Blog 14: Ethical Decision Making

I thought the plagiarism category of the website was interesting and concerning.  Plagiarism is a big concern in academia, journalism, as well as media and will continue to be until, as the website explains, the the journalism industry standardizes plagiarism restrictions and consequences.  Several of the discussions concerning plagiarism contained remarks that this crime can in fact be a psychological one in which a writer is pressured or any of a mix of situations and allows himself to plagiarize another individual.  I believe that this most certainly can prove true.  Writers and journalists as well as students are pressured in many ways like deadlines, procrastination and laziness.  The author argues the majority of offenders are honest and innocent people but do not entirely understand the breadth of material usage that could constitute plagiarism.  This is a big problem and could lead to many unnecessary law suits, trials, and conviction of individuals that were simply ill-advised in regards to plagiarism.  The industry needs to make a considerable effort to alleviate this confusion and provide journalists and students with a clear and concise explanation of plagiarism