My first thought is that it depends largely on whether appropriate credit is given to the freelancer, particularly when it is published. A threshold for determining whether students have engaged in academic misconduct is often whether they have attempted to 'pass someone elses work off as their own". Seems reasonable that this principle should hold for academic publications as well.
Phil
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Subject: Outsourcing academic papers
Is it ethical for an academic to outsource his/her papers?
eg
A 2000-2500 word report/paper on "Internationalizing Teaching with Electronic and Web-based Resources and Online Course Delivery". Answer the question of how/why this is relevant to the teaching of psychology, how it applies to different national contexts and the important influence of the internationalization of psychology teaching electronic resources offer.
This will be delivered as a speech that will last for 20-25 minutes, and will also eventually be published. APA style is required, including references. Adding relevant graphs (cited with appropriate reference/s) on this topic is highly preferred.
and
800 to 1000-word paper on the topic of "Five Recommendations on Ways to Have a Successful International Mentor-Mentee Relationship" This topic presumes that the mentor and the mentee are from different countries and both are in the field of psychology. How can they benefit from each other in the most optimal way. Provide an example for each. Cite references.
Both posted on Freelancer
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