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Background and Purpose: The survey was performed to determine the reasons that lead students to possibly commit plagiarism during their studies. By doing so, we wanted to determine the main reason for the appearance of plagiarism and how, within this main reasons, various indicators of plagiarism are judged and, finally, how demographic data and student motivation for study are associated with the reasons for plagiarism. Design/Methodology/Approach: A paper-and-pencil survey was carried out among 17 faculties of the University of Maribor in Slovenia. A sample of 139 students 85 males and 54 females participated in this study, ages ranged from 19 to 36 years. The questionnaire contained 95 closed questions referring to: (i) general data, (ii) education, (iii) social status, (iv) awareness of plagiarism, and (v) reasons for plagiarism. Parametric and nonparametric statistical tests were performed depending on distributions of the answers. Results: The results reveal that information and communication technology is largely responsible for the plagiarism with two reasons highlighted: ease of copying and ease of access to materials and new technologies. We also found some differences between low and high motivated students. Different average values of the answers considering motivation for study were confirmed for academic skills, teaching factors and other reasons for plagiarism, where the average for lower motivated students is significantly different (higher) than the average for higher motivated students. At the end we could find no direct relationship between the average time spent on the Internet and plagiarism. Conclusion: The transmission of knowledge is the basic mission of faculties. This mission is based on moral beliefs about the harmfulness of its abuse, and plagiarism is exactly such abuse. Regardless of the students past at this point professors are those who could greatly contribute to the right set of skills to keep students off plagiarising. Ozadje in namen: Namen raziskave je bil ugotoviti, kateri so tisti vzroki zaradi katerih se študenti odločijo za plagia­rizem. Želeli smo dognati, kateri je glavni vzrok, da do plagiarizma pride in kako so znotraj glavnega vzroka ocenjene posamezne trditve. Analizirali smo tudi povezanost demografskih podatkov študentov in njihovo stopnjo motivacije za študij z vzroki za plagiarizem. Oblikovanje/metodologija/pristop: Podatke za raziskavo smo zbrali z anketnim vprašalnikom, ki smo ga razdelili med študente 17 fakultet Univerze v Mariboru v Sloveniji. V raziskavi je sodelovalo 139 študentov, 85 moških in 54 žensk, starih od 19 do 36 let. Anketni vprašalnik je vseboval 95 zaprtih vprašanj, ki so bila strukturirana v: (i) splošne podatke, (ii) izobraževanje, (iii) socialni status, (iv) zavedanje plagiatorstva, (v) vzroki za plagiarizem. Odgovori so bili porazdeljeni na likertovi lestvici od (1) sploh se ne strinjam do (5) močno se strinjam. Izvedeni so bili parametrični in neparametrični statistični testi. Rezultati: Rezultati kažejo, da je informacijska in komunikacijska tehnologija v veliki meri odgovorna za plagiarizem študentov. V največji meri sta izpostavljena vzroka: enostavnost kopiranja in preprost dostop do materialov in novih tehnologij. Ugotovili smo tudi nekatere razlike med nizko in visoko motiviranimi študenti za študij. Razlike v povprečnih vrednostih odgovorov pri stopnji motiviranosti za študij se kažejo pri vzrokih: akademske spretnosti, učni dejavniki in drugi razlogi za plagiarizem, pri čemer so povprečne vrednosti nižje motiviranih študentov statistično pomembno dru­gačne (višje) od povprečnih vrednosti višje motiviranih študentov. Med povprečnim časom, ki ga študenti porabijo na internetu in vzroki za plagiarizem ni bilo ugotovljene neposredne povezanosti. Zaključek: Osnovno poslanstvo fakultet je prenos znanja na študente. To poslanstvo temelji na moralnem in etično sprejemljivem ravnanju vseh subjektov. Fakulteta je tista, ki mora študente usmerjati ter jim nuditi pravi nabor spret­nosti in veščin, da do plagiarizma ne bo prihajalo.