...Plagiarism is a very serious problem among students nowadays. Thanks to the Internet, tons of research papers are just a click away. Researching a topic became much easier when search engines like Google became available. Now, instead of going to the library and spending hours on finding the right article or a book, we can have it all in just a few minutes. Unfortunately, not all students know how to use the resources wisely. Plagiarism can be compared to stealing, even though not everyone sees it that way. We may not be stealing someone’s money or car but their intellectual property. As defined in the textbook, “Plagiarism is passing off other people's ideas or words as one's own. “ (Ruggiero, p.18) I think that some students especially do not realize how serious of an offense plagiarism is. “In the academic world, plagiarism is considered an ethical violation and is punished by a failing grade for a paper or a course or even by dismissal from the institution.” Outside the school, there can be serious consequences as well. The original author, the person from whom we “stole” the ideas and/or words can press charges against us. (Ruggiero, p.18) I also believe that some cases of student plagiarism are due to misunderstanding. Perhaps the student paraphrased a fragment of a scholar article and did not put the source because they thought that since it is in their own words they do not need to cite the source. Maybe the student was not familiar with the APA citation method and...
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...Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work.[1][2] The idea remains problematic with unclear definitions and unclear rules.[3][4][5] The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as an ideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, particularly with the Romantic movement. Plagiarism is considered academic dishonesty and a breach of journalistic ethics. It is subject to sanctions like penalties, suspension, and even expulsion. Recently, cases of 'extreme plagiarism' have been identified in academia.[6] Plagiarism is not a crime per se but in academia and industry, it is a serious ethical offense, [7][8] and cases of plagiarism can constitute copyright infringement. Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work.[1][2] The idea remains problematic with unclear definitions and unclear rules.[3][4][5] The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as an ideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, particularly with the Romantic movement. Plagiarism is considered academic dishonesty and a breach of journalistic ethics. It is subject to sanctions like penalties, suspension, and even expulsion. Recently, cases of 'extreme plagiarism' have been...
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...ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: ARE MORE STUDENTS CHEATING? Dorothy L. R. Jones Norfolk State University ACADEMIC DISHONESTY, with Internet plagiarism as one of the most common forms, is a concern on college and university campuses more than ever before. A review of the literature validates these concerns. According to a 2003 nationwide research study of 23 public and private colleges and universities, conducted by Donald L. McCabe, Internet plagiarism is on the rise. Thirty-eight percent of the undergraduate students surveyed indicated that they had engaged in Internet plagiarism (as cited in Rimer, 2003). Brown, Weible, and Olmosk (2010) found that 49% of students in undergraduate marketing classes admitted cheating in 1988 versus 100% of the students in an undergraduate management class in 2008; a national survey published in Education Week found that 54% of the students surveyed admitted to Internet plagiarism and 76% admitted to cheating; and the Center for Academic Integrity found almost 80% of the college students surveyed admitted to cheating at least once (“Facts About Plagiarism,” 2011). In May 2006, Ohio University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering plagiarism scandal garnered national attention when a review panel found “rampant and flagrant” forms of plagiarism in 34 master’s theses (Grose, 2006); and in November 2010, more than 200 of the 600 students in a University of Central Florida business class confessed that they benefited from accessing online test questions...
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...Running Head: ETHICS IN AN ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT Ethics in an Academic Environment Americans want to be more, have more, do more, and know more. America is a choleric, driven culture and that is one of the very reasons that make it such a distinguished nation. Americans in their desire for more may have compromise their ethics. Are people willing to get ahead at any cost? Most people in American society live busy, hectic lives and this affects all facets of life. In the academic environment, students face grave pressure from others as well as internally to perform well (McCabe 2001). Plagiarism is one aspect of ethics in academia where students may find themselves compromising. In a study by Bill Bowers of “over 5,000 students on 99 different campuses, 75% of the respondents had engaged in one or more incidents of academic dishonesty (McCabe, 2001, pg. 220). Although this study is a frightening and awakening find, as Carter, Bishop, and Kravits (2007) stated, “Plagiarism usually starts accidentally during research” (Chap. 8, wk.2). Time restraints, improper planning or just misinformation can all lead to plagiarism. Whether intentional or unintentional, plagiarism is still unethical and illegal. In America’s demanding and competitive society, ethics may have taken a back seat all in the name of progress. Technology has allowed people to enjoy a more advanced, more efficient quality of life, though...
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...------------------------------------------------- Plagiarism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Plagiarism (disambiguation). For Wikipedia policies concerning plagiarism, see Wikipedia:Plagiarism and Wikipedia:Copyright violations. Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work.[1][2] The idea remains problematic with unclear definitions and unclear rules.[3][4][5] The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as anideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, particularly with the Romantic movement. Plagiarism is considered academic dishonesty and a breach of journalistic ethics. It is subject to sanctions like expulsion. Plagiarism is not a crime per se but in academia and industry it is a serious ethical offense,[6][7] and cases of plagiarism can constitute copyright infringement. Contents [hide] * 1 Etymology * 2 Legal aspects * 3 In academia and journalism * 3.1 Academia * 3.2 Journalism * 3.3 Sanctions for student plagiarism * 3.4 Self-plagiarism * 3.4.1 The concept of self-plagiarism * 3.4.2 Self-plagiarism and codes of ethics * 3.4.3 Factors that justify reuse * 3.5 Organizational publications * 4 In the arts * 4.1 Plagiarism and the history of art * 4.2 Praisings of artistic plagiarism * 5 In other contexts ...
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...derived form plagiarism was introduced into English around 1620.[10] The Latin plagiārius, "kidnapper", and plagium, "kidnapping", has the root plaga ("snare", "net"), based on the Indo-European root *-plak, "to weave" (seen for instance in Greek plekein, Bulgarian "плета" pleta, Latin plectere, all meaning "to weave"). Legal aspects Although plagiarism in some contexts is considered theft or stealing, the concept does not exist in a legal sense. "Plagiarism" is not mentioned in any current statute, either criminal or civil.[11][8] Some cases may be treated as unfair competition or a violation of the doctrine of moral rights.[8] The increased availability of intellectual property due to a rise in technology has furthered the debate as to whether copyright offences are criminal.[citation needed] In short, people are asked to use the guideline, "...if you did not write it yourself, you must give credit."[12] Plagiarism is not the same as copyright infringement. While both terms may apply to a particular act, they are different concepts, and false claims of authorship may constitute plagiarism regardless of whether the material is protected by copyright. Copyright infringement is a violation of the rights of a copyright holder, when material whose use is restricted by copyright is used without consent. Plagiarism, in contrast, is concerned with the unearned increment to the plagiarizing author's reputation that is achieved through false claims of authorship. Thus, plagiarism is considered...
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...Ethics & Plagiarism Self-Plagiarism is the reuse of significant identical or nearly portions of one’s own work without acknowledging that one is doing so without citing the original work. As Robert Barbato of E. Philip Sounders College of Business states “I can’t plagiarize myself-those are my own words”. I feel that there are no ethical implications for “self-plagiarism”. I believe this is an unavoidable situation for people to re-use portions of their own text. In my understanding of “self-plagiarism” this is just a reuse of “one’s own words” without acknowledging the prior work that it was originally used in. If this is your own word to begin with then there should be no plagiarism just not given credit to your prior work that had these ideas in it. There is no ethical issues along with self-plagiarism because it is your own words and thoughts. However plagiarism is a huge “no-no” and ethical issue. As Aristotle states in his Virtue Ethics, “What kind of person do you want to be? To knowingly cheat or plagiarize is to diminish the moral character of oneself.” This was a wonderful state, plagiarism is a type of stealing and we all know that’s a wrong act to do. Which brings me to Kautian Ethics, which compares plagiarism to stealing. Ethically, self-plagiarism and plagiarism are two different ideas and ethical issues. I believe there should be no ethical implications toward self-plagiarism since this is your own words and thoughts to begin with. However plagiarism...
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...The use of words and ideas of other people is considered as plagiarism. This notion is widely used in different spheres of human life. Academic world is one of the spheres where the issue of plagiarism is mostly referred to. The use of words and ideas of other people without appropriate references means to steal those. One does not have any ethical right to do it. Also, academic integrity requires from students to be honest. Plagiarism has nothing in common with honesty. The US government, as well as the government of other states, has developed a legal act which refers plagiarism to a crime. However, the cultural aspects play an important role...
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...Okanagan College Okanagan College Abstract This article is required reading by all students. It outlines the expected behaviors with respect to cheating and plagiarism. Abstract This article is required reading by all students. It outlines the expected behaviors with respect to cheating and plagiarism. Student Conduct & academic honesty Ethics in Education Student Conduct & academic honesty Ethics in Education STUDENT CONDUCT AND ACADEMIC HONESTY Table of Contents WHAT IS THE DISRUPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES? 2 WHAT IS CHEATING? 2 WHAT IS PLAGIARISM? 3 WHAT ARE THE STUDENTS’ RESPONSIBILITIES TO AVOID PLAGIARISM? 3 WHAT ARE THE PENALTIES FOR PLAGIARISM AND CHEATING? 2 WHAT IS THE DISRUPTION OF INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES? At Okanagan College (OC), disruption of instructional activities includes student “conduct which interferes with examinations, lectures, seminars, tutorials, group meetings, other related activities, and with students using the study facilities of OC”, as well as conduct that leads to property damage, assault, discrimination, harassment and fraud. Penalties for disruption of instructional activities include a range of sanctions from a warning and/or a failing grade on an assignment, examination or course to suspension from OC. WHAT IS CHEATING? Students must submit independently written work. Students may not write collaborative assignments with other students unless the instructor approves it in advance...
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...other sources have been properly acknowledged as references or quotations. In addition I/we agree that this assignment may be subject to electronic analysis for the detection of collusion, plagiarism and other forms of unfair advantage. Please tick the box to confirm acceptance of the above declaration. Date: 14/10/2013 | SUMMARY The article by Gou (2011) discussed an issue about student plagiarism in accounting education aspect in the UK. The article attempted to indicate the factors of plagiarism, develop and examine the factors by surveying the accounting student behaviour towards plagiarism, and give recommendation to the accounting educators to reduce the act of plagiarism. The article mentioned that in the past decade, this plagiarism issue has become a primary concern in the UK education sector, since education plagiarism is in relation to further business and professional ethics. The article used experts’ researches in order to identify the factors that influence the accounting student starting plagiarise and suggested there are nine major factors that lead to plagiarism behaviour; which are moral capability, awareness of plagiarism, academic integration, pressures, accounting...
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...Business Research Ethics Timothy L. Goree RES/351 February 19, 2013 AMANUEL GOBENA Business Research Ethics At the University of Putra in Malaysia two lecturers were working on a student guidebook for all management majors. This guidebook while written to help the students unfortunately was found to have been written with assistance that was not given credit, in short the guidebook had been written with a good deal of plagiarism. This unfortunate event produced a good deal of attention both locally and internationally (J.M.L.Poon, 2011). While no one was against the guidebook being written it was essential that the staff of this University support the rules that they teach. Plagiarism no matter how noble the research, is never an acceptable course of action. These two men failed to consider many of the outcomes to this. First they failed to consider the implications this put upon every student at the University. Through their actions and the public attention they received it was now a guarantee that many employers in the business world would not be eager to hire a student from a university where plagiarism was found to be present in the University Staff. So in short their actions devalued the educations of the student body, second they failed to consider the legal implications. This action led to the loss of all profits made from the study guide and to the public humiliation for the plagiarism that they both committed (Chapman, 2009). And finally the guidebooks which...
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...Abstract To avoid unintentional plagiarism you basically need to give credit where credit is do. In order to do this you must cite everything meaning where you found the information, who said it and where is it located. The importance of telling the readers where you got your information from when you are paraphrasing someone else is that if the reader is very interested in the topic and wants to do more research they will be able to exactly find where the information is located.Plagiarism Plagiarism is defined in the dictionary as the “wrongful appropriation,” close imitation,” or purloining and publication of another author’s language, thoughts, ideas, or Expressions, and the representation of them as one’s own original work. The importance of giving credit for works used that are not your own is very important because not only are u committing a criminal offense your also damaging your reputation, so writers should always cite where they found the information,give credit where credit is do ,and always do your own work. The modern concept of plagiarism is very immoral and goes against majority of people’s ethics and morals that they have been raised with. There are sum elements of writing that needs to be addressed to ensure academic honesty they are inadequately citing original work because it would require multiple citations, paraphrasing to avoid quotation marks, considering information on the world wide web different from that in print publications. The importance...
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...assignment. | | | X | I hereby certify that no part of this assignment or product has been submitted by me in another | | (previous or current) assessment, except where appropriately referenced, and with prior permission from the Lecturer/Tutor/ Unit Co-ordinator for this unit. | X | No part of the assignment/product has been written/produced for me by any other person except where collaboration has been authorised by the Lecturer/Tutor/Unit Co-ordinator concerned. | | | X | I am aware that this work may be reproduced and submitted to plagiarism detection software programs for the purpose of detecting possible plagiarism (which may retain a copy on its database for future plagiarism checking). | | | | | X | I am aware that the plagiarism detection software programs are not the only means that will be used to detect plagiarism (i.e. having a zero percentage originality report may still result in plagiarism). | | | Signature: _______Zhentao Wang______ Note: An examiner...
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...Plagiarism is defined in the paper written in violation of academic standards, academic achievement with plagiarism for the purpose of copying, rewriting behavior, including: 1, cited the views of others, programs, information, data, etc., without explanatory notes the source; 2, using the views of others constitute all their papers, the core or main ideas, the academic achievements of others as a major part of their academic achievement or substantial part; 3, identical with the others content of the paper, and over one-third of the length of time and published in the post, they cannot prove his thesis does not constitute plagiarism of others; identical parts not up to one third of the length, but his thesis has become the main part of the content or substantial part; 4, two or more signatures, non-duplication of the first author publication or use of the entire contents of the paper; 5, two or more signatures, in addition to the first author, the paper I write non-users of content; 6, used his position did not participate in actual research work in academic papers, books, research, etc. in the signature, share academic honors; 7, by others for their own writing papers or writing papers for others; 8, other papers plagiarism. Norms of academic ethics and academic research workers should follow the basic ethics and norms, is to ensure the normal academic exchanges, raise academic standards, academic accumulation and innovation to achieve the fundamental guarantee. In...
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...Plagiarism. When we think of plagiarism the word criminal and bad comes into your mind. You understand that it incorrect and should be stopped, but contrary, one does not often intentionally mean to take an already written and published thought. Plagiarism is basically an act of taking an idea, writing, conversation of someone else and presents it off as your own. Plagiarism can consist any type of information like from books, internet, scripts, television shows, interviews, articles, speeches, blogs or any other source where you can find useful information and benefit for your knowledges. It is necessary to indicate the source of information within your writing using an internal citation whenever you use take sentences or phrases from any other source, it would be easier to see who's idea it was. Writing a bibliography in the end of your work is not enough to list the source. Plagiarism is not only in violation of the law, but also in violation of the ethics. This is one case in which laws agree with ethics. To plagiarize means to steal and pass off the ideas and words of another as one own. It is important to recognize that this definition includes the use of another production without crediting the source. When a person makes an effort to present an idea that has been taken from an existing source as new and original, he or she is committing an act of plagiarism, but on the other hand it could help for your studies to look thought all information and collect only information...
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