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Free-riding

A person who is not contributing to a group work, but still gets a share of the credit.

People can free-ride for many different reasons (laziness, illness, family problems, etc.).

Having a free rider in the group can lead to conflicts and dilemmas about authorship.

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  • fabrication
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  • Group work
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  • Integrity (Academic)
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  • Laboratory protocol
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  • Paraphrase
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  • Personal data
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  • plagiarism detection software
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  • Self-plagiarism
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