Should it be illegal for students to pay essay writing companies to write their research/ term papers?

Question

There are a lot of companies who provide essay writing services to students who pay for their research/ term/ thesis/ entrance papers. Should this be illegal? Is it a form of ghost writing? Do colleges consider it academic dishonesty if a student hands in a paper they paid someone else to write? What are the legal repercussions for the student and / or the essay writer?

Answer 1

That's a fine line to the legallity of it. Yes, it is plagerism. If you got caught, would you try to go after the company you paid to write your essay to possibly lose a second time?

Colleges are getting better at catching plagerists. They get programs that scan papers and do searches on-line for exact text matches. Too many per paper without referencing and you are called on it by the prof. They also set up dummy accounts with the on-line paper sellers to search for work turned in by students looking for copied papers.

I have found some that I actually write better than most when it comes to papers. I don't know why. I have had people read my papers for flow and fluidity. Many people have stated "you should change this or that". When I have followed their advice, I get a negative comment on from the professor on the change. When I stick with my gut feeling that what I wrote is better than the suggestion, I usually get a "Yes!" or similar kudo in that section.

Answer 2

Essay Writing Service Illegal

Answer 3

Pay For An Essay

Answer 4

It's unethical to submit a paper that you didn't write. The university considers it plagiarism. Essay writing, I believe, is a form of ghost writing. Freelance writers struggling to earn a living do it as an extra income. You can't blame them.
The company can't guarantee a particular grade because they can't technically tell the client what to do with the essay. There are all sorts of companies that offer writing services. Essay writing is a niche field.
I would suggest you order the essay as a study guide and then re-write it in your own words. Or, pay a company to do your research, note-taking, bibliography, and outline before writing your paper. Better yet, write the whole thing and hire an editor to improve the quality. My friend's company is small, experienced and trustworthy. The staff is made up of professional writers and editors. Email [e-mail].

Answer 5

It should only be legal if said student is also required to pay the same company that wrote their entrance essay to attend all classes, take all tests, and be given their degree.

Duh.........yeah it should be illegal.

Answer 6

it is illegal in as far as the university is concerned. They regard it as a form of dishonesty (really strange of them, but they really do). I guess the severity of the penalty if found out depends on what you use the essay for, how important it was for your degree. I could imagine it ranges from getting a zero on this particular essay to getting thrown out of the university. Look at the universities code of conduct for students and they will tell you what a particular university does.

Apart from that it is also really stupid. You are paying your tuition in order to learn something, and then you pay somebody else so you don't have to learn something. How does that make sense???
If I were that rich to waste my money in that way I would have some fun with the money (actually I do like learning new stuff, so I might end up going to classes anyway...)

Answer 7

Are you a freelance writer who would like to understand a lot more about how to earn fantastic income carrying out what you get pleasure from? If you want to advance your creating job

Answer 8

Submitting the work of others and claiming it as your own is plagarism. Professors generally are required to put the school's policy on plagarism in every sylabus. People fail classes and can be expelled if caught. Even my oldest profs knew how to use the internet and every prof will notice if a student submits a paper that is in a writing style wildly different from their own. Having just completed my MA thesis, there is no possible way that I could have submitted someone else's paper. While I didn't have to actually do a defense of it, I was asked to talk about my thesis in my comprehensive exams and had many conversations with faculty - both those on my committee and profs who weren't - about my research. If I hadn't done the work, they would have known.

There are legal ways to get help or to help someone. One of my classmates was severely dyslexic. A variety of people (profs and students) helped her with papers. However, the finished product was always her work (both her thoughts and her writing style), just with complete sentences and the words spelled correctly.

There should also be repercussions for the essay writer, but there aren't.

Answer 9

I don't know that it requires a law be written to stop the practice.

The punishment should just be permanent removal from the school in question, and a purging of your transcripts (so if you are somehow able to get enrolled somewhere else, you get to start over brand new) and disqualification from recieving federal student loans.

Or make that be for a second offense, punishment for a first offense be loss of credit for all courses taken that semester.

Yes it's harsh. Sadly, lots of people do this, and brag about it, and finish college as stupid as they were when they went into it. This wastes everyones time and money, so might as well just start throwing them out, so people get the message and either don't cheat or don't go to college.

Answer 10

I don't know about illegal. But definitly un-ethical. Sadly enough it mirrors alot of the activity in the real world workplace where credit is taken, but the work was actually done by someone else.