Essay Mills and Other Contract Cheating Services: To Buy or Not to Buy and the Consequences of Students Changing Their Minds

Autor/inn/en	Draper, Michael; Lancaster, Thomas; Dann, Sandie; Crockett, Robin; Glendinning, Irene
Titel	Essay Mills and Other Contract Cheating Services: To Buy or Not to Buy and the Consequences of Students Changing Their Minds
Quelle	In: International Journal for Educational Integrity, 17 (2021), Artikel 13 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Draper, Michael)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1833-2595
DOI	10.1007/s40979-021-00081-x
Schlagwörter	Contracts; Cheating; Essays; Decision Making; Legal Problems; School Policy; Integrity; Student Rights + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vertrag; Prellen; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Schulpolitik; Integrität
Abstract	Very few parts of the world have legislation that prohibits the operation or the promotion of contract cheating services. This means that commercial companies providing such services can formally register and operate in most countries. If a student enters into an agreement with a contract cheating provider, what rights do they have to change their mind and what are the risks if they choose to do so? This paper examines the question through legal, institutional and societal lenses, showing that although a student has the consumer rights to withdraw from a contract with an essay mill, they may also be putting their future at risk by doing so. Contract cheating providers are now embedded within many institutions, using sharp practices to connect with vulnerable customers, but are also perfectly placed to blackmail students or threaten to report them to their institution if they ask to cancel their order. The paper argues that, while not condoning the practice of contract cheating, supportive processes need to be in place to help students at risk as part of standard institutional duty of care. This must be backed up by institutional policy that considers academic integrity as a core value for all. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01