Cheating vent

Parents Forum
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<p>As an adult, I have finally(!) gotten to see the end result of cheating. My husband works in the R & D facility of a large cell phone manufacturer, and the work that they do is challenging and fast paced. The company even gives tests ("work it out on the white board") during the body of its panel interviews for prospective empolyees. If someone has cheated during their college careers, it becomes painfully obvious at some point, most often during their interviews, but otherwise during their working career. </p>

<p>As parents of non-cheaters, we are very upset at the unfair advantage that some kids gain by cheating. Hopefully they will be caught, but even if they are, sometimes the justice just isn't there. But cheating hurts the cheater - they develop a bad habit that carries over into other facets of their lives, and a company that is paying you a six-figure salary isn't going to put up with an employee who can't do the work, or someone who tries to pass off other's work as their own.</p>

<p>I'm glad that there were some repercussions for the cheater.</p>

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<p>klmcpa - I wish what you wrote were true! But all to often in business, the person who tries to pass off other's work as his/her own, not only gets away with it, they get ahead in general. We have plenty of honest people in business. But we have a huge number of the not-so-honest as well. It can be downright depressing. I think the use of e-mail is cutting down on this a lot, since people can send ideas, thoughts, etc., via e-mail, with cc's to all appropriate people. It has reduced the number of times supervisors and managers can take credit for other people's work. So the internet, which makes it so easy for students to cheat, is actually making it harder for people in business!</p>