Forty to 60 percent of students report, in anonymous surveys, that they plagiarized at least once as undergraduates, and evidence indicates that plagiarism also occurs in our medical and business schools  Researchers have found that students who plagiarize are more likely to engage in subsequent professional misconduct such as falsified research results and fraudulent business practices
Thus, a reduction of academic plagiarism will lead to a reduction of professional misconduct
The argument takes for granted that a certain behavior is more prevalent among members of one population than it is among members of another.