German Investigation of Plagiarism

A Master's student in Leipzig, Sebastian Sattler, wrote his thesis in sociology about the incidence of plagiarism in term papers at his school. He interviewed 226 persons in a non-representative survey. 9 out of 10 reported being willing to plagiarze if necessary (not, as sometimes reported, that they already had cheated).

He has sent around to his correspondents some links to German-language reports about his project, "Plagiate in Hausarbeiten" (PIH):

• http://www.uni-leipzig.de/journal/0606/0606ul_journal.pdf (S. 11-12)
• http://www.dgs2006.de/presse/pressemitteilungen
• http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,442883,00.html
• http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,443618,00.html
• http://www.dradio.de/dkultur/sendungen/ewelten/560070/
• http://www.heute.de/ZDFheute/inhalt/8/0,3672,4076520,00.html
• http://www.unikosmos.de/1836,plagiate.htm