How can an Academic Misconduct Charge have an Effect on my Career?

When you are being accused of academic misconduct, you might face penalties for it as an immediate punishment. But long after things are done and dusted, the charges will stay as a red mark on your track record. An academic misconduct charge will hamper your career in many ways you can possibly imagine. Your future employer might be very skeptical about your character after looking at your track record. And if the charges are serious, like Title IX charges you might even end up not getting a job. Academic lawyers from Lento Law Firm are here to help you with academic misconduct charges. They are experienced and have handled plenty of similar cases and have helped students to walk out with pride after the hearings. 

However, the effects that an accusation of misconduct might have on your career are as follows:

Social Consequences: If you are accused of cheating, it indicated that you are a cheater everywhere. Cheating is a psychological behavior and cheating in exams or while drafting a paper can mean that you are a cheater in life too such as in the workplace, family life, etc. This kind of behavior is a harmful trait to your character.

Loss of Intellectual Property: If you are being accused of plagiarism, that means you are settling someone’s hard work and knowledge. Plagiarism will affect your skills too, as you are copying off someone’s work and you might not have any idea about the topic you are writing.

Inaccurate Assessment: Even if you are not caught for plagiarism when the teacher will go through your work they will assess you inaccurately. The teacher might give you good marks, but that will hamper the ramification in the workplace. 

Legal Consequences: Some of the work that the university grants you during your course is based on how you will act in real-life situations. Not doing it with complete honesty means that you are lagging behind in life and cheating yourself. If you are caught in fabrication, cheating, plagiarising, etc., you will be penalized in several ways. Some penalties might cause you suspension from your current course. This will be a very disrespectful thing and will have a huge impact on your future chances of employment.

Ending note

Be aware of the code of conduct your school has laid out. Carefulness with your actions can make you go a long way. But human beings make mistakes, and if you have made one, contacting an academic misconduct lawyer will help you to handle the situation.