Student integrity (presenting example research work as their own?)

is it morally upright for students to get there work done through these firms and present them as their original work

Yes.

The question is, "Did their check clear?"

Hear, hear!

Topic for Presentation: Academic Integrity in the Twenty-First Century- Manifestations, Implications and Recommendations for Higher Education Faculty

Slide I: Introduction- Technology and Dishonesty: The Changing Nature of Academic Integrity in Higher Education

Slide II: Defining Academic Integrity in the Twenty-First Century: Challenges and Implications

Slide III: Framing Academic Integrity within the Context of Society- Moral Dissolution and Social Responsibility

Slide IV: Framing Academic Integrity within the Context of a Higher Learning Institution: Values, Ethics, and Student Responsibility

Slide V: Academic Dishonesty: Common, Technology-Supported Manifestations birthed from the World Wide Web and Personal, "Smart" Devices

Slide VI: Cheating, Fabrication, and Plagiarism: Different Meanings and Different Implications for the Classroom Environment

Slide VII: Student Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty and Academic Integrity: Empirical Evidence

Slide VIII: Faculty Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty and Academic Integrity: Empirical Evidence

Slide IX: Institutional Policies and Academic Dishonesty and Academic Integrity: Empirical Evidence

Slide X: Causation of Academic Dishonesty in the Twenty-First Century: Unprecedented Personal and Environmental Factors

Slide XI: Influence I- Personal Factors: Low Self-Control, Low Self-Esteem, and the Lure of the Grade

Slide XII: Influence II- Personal Factors: Concern over Academic Standing and Perceived Gains: A Cost-Benefit Analysis

Slide XIII: Influence III- Social and Environmental Factors: Isolation, Alienation, and Peer Pressure

Slide XIV: Underreporting of Academic Integrity Violations by Faculty Members- Why Higher Education Faculty Members Fail to Pursue Legal Channels

Slide XV: Proposing Solutions to Academic Dishonesty- Recommendations for Institutions and Faculty Members

Slide XVI: Solution I- Honor Codes, Student Interventions, and Peer-Reporting

Slide XVII: Solution II- Enhancing Communications between Students, Faculty, Parents, Communities, and Institutions

Slide XVIII: Solution III: Mutually Birthed Policies- Working Together to Establish and Enforce University Policies

Slide XIX: Solution IV: The Classroom Community- Encouraging Academic Integrity within the Microcosm of the Higher Education Classroom

Slide XX: Conclusions: The Charge of Higher Learning Faculty Members in the Post-Enron Age

Nope. It's morally wrong, and students who pay others to do the tasks assigned to them, from short essays to research papers will not learn anything except how to buy a paper. Then again, I have nothing against it as I'm one of those who benefit from their laziness and lack of self-confidence. (I'm a writer, after all.)

This can be a valuable addition to the 21st century skill set. In addition, I say we do away with teachers and public schools and just give all students their own laptops and put everything on the cloud (think of the money we'd save!). Legalize (and tax) marijuana! Ban handguns and tax the churches!

This topic whether students should write or not; or whether who should be given writing tasks and who not, has been discussed here quite a few times. I don't know why people keep on repeating the same argument.

I totally agree with this. ^_^

No, it is not morally right for the students to pay others to do their work which they then pass off as their own. Then again, neither is it right for parents to work overnight to complete their children's class projects, research papers, book reports, and what have you's. All the more it isn't right to hire a tutor to do the homework for the student in the guise of "reviewing" the student using the day's lessons. Yet the parents and the students do so anyway. That's why I don't believe that there is a valid moral discussion when it comes to the business of "model" paper writing. The only difference between what I used to do and what these parents and tutors do is that the academic world knows this is going on and the educators are not raising a fuss about it in the manner that they do when the student buys a model paper. When you think about it, there is no difference when you compare the facts. There is no difference between having an academic writer complete the work and having the tutor "assist" in the completion of the paper or having the parents complete the work for the child. Nope. Student integrity is something that does not exist when dealing with slacker students because they are told that it is alright to not do the work themselves. They let their money work for them instead.

It isn't about morality these days. It is all about making the grade. Students need to make the grade, a fantastic grade, if they are to achieve anything in this world. Getting that assurance means they need help in completing their undergraduate requirements. Rather than losing their way and taking chances when it comes to their research grades, they opt to ask for help in completing it. No harm done. No problem with that. We all need a little help with our tasks now and then. I don't judge a student's integrity based on academic honesty. The universities know that such an oath cannot be truly enforced these days. Academic honesty should only apply to the exams that the students take. It should not extend to written projects and research papers. There is no point in it when a professor knows that the student is overloaded with research work.

It's none of my business to judge what my clients choose to do with the projects they order from me. However, I'd strongly disagree that universities don't enforce their policies about academic honesty or that professors know or expect any of their students to submit ghostwritten projects for credit. At least that's what most of the assignment instructions that they distribute say. I just trust my clients to do whatever they honestly believe is in their own best interests.

Forget about student integrity. It is all about making sure the class requirements are met. Not only that, the student needs to make sure that the class requirements are met, with a passing grade. Students these days do not like to take risks when it comes to their grades. That is why they opt to pay a professional to complete the written work for them. It isn't because they are lazy or they are busy, it is just that they want to make sure they get the best possible chance at a high grade. Now, since the writers, through their TOS, turn over the rights to the paper to the student once the paper is paid for, the paper becomes the student's original work. So why shouldn't they be able to submit the paper for a grade? If that is the way that a student can assure himself of a passing grade, then who are we to pass judgement?