Explain Why It Is Never A Good Idea To Steal Someone's Academic Work

It is never a good idea to steal someone's academic work. If a person gets caught trying to pass someone else's academic assignment as their own hefty punishments can come down from the school. Eaton states "Not only are you potentially breaching copyright (which may either be held by the publication, or the actual author) you could be seen to be stealing the original author's work--plagiarism." Plagiarism is considered stealing, a theft and the victim is the author of that resource when not given proper credit. There are numerous reasons why a person would steal someone's academic work: the person doesn't know how to properly cite the work, the student decides to pass the material off as his or her own because they don't want to write