Thursday 20 May 2010

Prospect Solution - Helping You to Help Undergraduates Cheat Degree Passes

Prospect Solution appears to be a respectable, professional agency, providing freelance work for writers of graduate or undergraduate status. However, its website is less than up-front about what its writers will actually be doing, or why they will be paid so highly. This article explains exactly what Prospect Solution pays its writers for, and why no writer with the slightest sense of common decency should agree to write for the company.

Hire a World of Talent at ElanceProspect Solution is a company that shows up time and again in the Adsense ads shown on this blog and anywhere else online where freelance writing is discussed or written about. The company maintains a consistent and high-profile marketing campaign, promising to pay its writers excellent fees for producing essays on their own specialist subject within a limited time period. But how can Prospect Solution afford such high fees, and what do they do with all these essays?

That's simple; the essays are sold on to (presumably well-off) undergraduates to pass off as their by handing in as part of their degree coursework. Prospect Solution and its writers (in addition to a number of similar UK companies, one of which is called Ivory Research) are literally enabling British students to fraudulently pass degree courses, and thereby undermining the very fabric of higher education. Such behaviour is clearly morally reprehensible, yet the company has thousands of writers on its books, and is, as previously mentioned, continually on the look out for more.

Prospect Solution doesn't clearly identify the nature of the work its writers are undertaking on its official website, which means freelance writers may sign up unwittingly, unaware of exactly what they will be doing. A quick trawl of the internet reveals this has already occurred, with forums displaying questions from recent, successful Prospect Solution applicants regarding what will become of their essays - and the horrified responses they post when they subsequently discover the truth from other Prospect Solution writers.

This means, not only is Prospect Solution enabling undergraduates to illegally obtain fraudulent degrees, it's also tricking writers into writing the essays. Such a company could hardly be described by anyone as respectable or professional.

Of course, desperate people - of whom there are many, especially in times of economic hardship - take desperate measures, and it is understandable, although not entirely forgiveable, that writers and graduates with serious financial problems would agree to undertake writing work such as this. However, for the companies providing the work, there really is no excuse. If one can successfully run a business selling one product, one can usually also do so with another product - preferably one that is ethically sound.

Anyone considering writing for Prospect Solutions, or already doing so, is advised to re-evaluate their options. Would you be happy if you discovered your doctor, teacher, lawyer, psychologist, financial adviser or MP (I thought I'd better mention them, since they cheat in every other capacity) had fraudulently obtained their degree?

Don't enable these people to cheat. Don't write for Prospect Solution, or any similar company - no matter what fee they are offering. Integrity is worth more than all the money in the world.

3 comments:

  1. I have had an argument with Academic Knowledge about these points (they are the same as Prospect Solution). I can't believe how many people there are out there with no consciences...and if the writers are qualified teachers and lecturers, what is going on?! Never ever on God's green earth would you be permitted to remain in your job as a teacher if you wrote a student's essay for them! It's pretty plain what's going on, the student is bound to use the essay as their own (especially after paying a tidy sum for it). How in the world can these companies claim to be honest?! And why isn't there a law preventing them from helping students to cheat? I just despair!

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  2. I am a freelance writer currently touting for work and the ad fooled me. The application process took a bit of time and effort which adds insult to injury. Felt sick when the first task got offered me and I found out what it was... I'd rather starve.

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  3. I came across Prospect Solutions in a similar way. I suspected they were selling essays, which is one of the reasons I Googled them (this is how I discovered your blog).

    I'd say it always pays to check up on any company you are thinking of working for. If they are genuine, knowing about them can only help you get the job. Obviously, if things aren't what they seem, you need to be aware of this.

    If in doubt, I imagine myself in the role of a potential customer: what would I want to buy from this company that they would in turn pay someone to produce? How much would I be willing to pay for it? How easy would they be to find? If someone is offering to pay you good money for something, then someone else must be paying them really good money.

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