Plagiarism is defined as "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being you own work" (Dictionary, 1). With this new age of technology sweeping through our schools, it makes it all that much easier for students to plagiarize, in order to succeed at school. Though our moral beliefs and faith instilled in us at a young age, tell us that plagiarism is a form of theft an is subsequently wrong; society's view of success and tolerance for theft, combined with pressure from the local community makes plagiarism a justifiable decision.

We are moulded from a young age to have the ability to stand on our moral beliefs and faith in any endeavour, especially against unethical acts including plagiarism. First of all, parents impart on us at a young age, the foundation to be able to decipher between right...