...INTRODUCTION First and foremost we would like to express our gratitude towards Allah the Almighty for all His blessing and kindness upon us. We also like to thanks Dr Hikmatullah Babu Sahib for giving this opportunity for us to observe the real life event in this world. Lastly, special thanks to our group members and colleagues for their cooperation and contribution to complete this assignment about plagiarism in International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) directly or indirectly. The objective of our assignment as said by Dr Hikmatullah Babu Sahib is to do the research about plagiarism in IIUM. This is to ensure that the top management of IIUM will be more alert and take any considerable actions to those students who are actively practicing plagiarism or cheating in the exam and also using it to complete their works or assignments with intention or without intention. First and foremost, I will explain about the term that is very important in this topic. Attribution is the acknowledgement that something came from another source. This is to tell others that the ideas and work that we have done is based on others work that we take as a references. Then, there will be a bibliography which is a list of sources used in preparing the work. Meanwhile, citation is a short, formal indication of the source of information or quoted material. It is also known as the act of quoting material that we used in our assignments. Cite is to indicate a source of information or quoted...
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...Malcolm Gladwell writes about plagiarism, and the difficulties with it, in his short article “Something Borrowed”. He addresses three key issues with plagiarism. First, when it comes to literature copying is never acceptable. Second, what will or will not inhibit creativity. Lastly, to what degree does the author’s words have eternal life. Gladwell takes a stance on “plagiarism fundamentalists” needing to change their standards on borrowing that could be transformative versus borrowing that is derivative. Plagiarism is disapproved of in literature but is outlined and acceptable in music, media and pharmaceuticals, therefore demanding a change be made to plagiarism fundamentalist. Plagiarism, depending on the medium, has different meanings. In order to avoid plagiarism credit needs to be given or permission needs to be granted. Gladwell writes about Lavery...
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...that creator's role as one's own, as by not crediting the first creator. Plagiarism happens when an author copies another essayist's dialect or thoughts and afterward calls the work his or her own. 2Q) What may happen to a student who plagiarizes Ans. A student found liable of damaging a school's copyright infringement approaches can face approvals extending from disappointment of a class to removal from the school. In minor occasions, for example, duplicating a homework task, teachers might just come up short you for the work. In any case, real major plagiarism cases including replicating noteworthy parts of papers or ventures frequently bring about referrals to school legal sheets that make judgments and issue sanctions. 3Q) What is unintentional plagiarism? Ans. Unintentional Plagiarism happens when scholars and analysts utilize the words or thoughts of others however neglect to quote or give credit, maybe on the grounds that they don't know how. If all else fails, understudies must check with an instructor or administrator. 4Q) Give four examples of plagiarism. Ans. Summarizing inadequately: changing a couple words without changing the sentence structure of the first, or changing the sentence structure yet not the words. (2) Paraphrasing inadequately: utilizing words from the first that aren't a piece of one's vocabulary. (3) Quoting inadequately: putting quotes around some piece of a citation yet not around every last bit of it, or putting...
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...Plagiarism and Paraphrasing Step 1: Identify Plagiarism Plagiarism v. Paraphrasing Plagiarism is the claiming of another’s work as one’s own new and original idea. According to the Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.), “paraphrasing is the summarizing or rearranging the order of a sentence or changing of some words.” In both cases, plagiarism and paraphrasing, one must give credit to the originating author of the work being presented. Plagiarism is detectable more easily now in the twenty first century with the use of computers and programs that will scan a document for plagiarized material. Another way to detect plagiarism is, if available, to have the original document at hand and view side by side the two documents. Review of Example Provided In the example provided, the writer of the new document, to be submitted, did plagiarize by paraphrasing a portion of the sentencing he/she wrote. For instance, it may have been easier to just quote the author of the original text. Crossen (1994) wrote, “Yet unless there is evidence of misconduct … it is very difficult to discover and virtually impossible to prove that a piece of biomedical research has been tainted by conflict of interest.” The student paraphrased his writing with, “But it is hard to know if a conflict of interest between doctors, researchers, and the drug company stockholders has tainted the results.” By utilizing wording from the original text as one’s own new...
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...Plagiarism Abstract: Plagiarism is theft. There are many forms that plagiarism can take, but the results are the same. Students plagiarize for many reasons, some innocent, some not so much so. Time management and study skills are essential tools to avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism can, and should be, avoided on student’s behalf. Plagiarism The world-wide-web is exactly that, world wide. This means there is a veritable plethora of information about anyone or anything you can imagine as well as many websites where students sell their work to others for a small fee. Using these particular sites is not the problem; the fact that most of the time copy and paste are used next is. This is a form of plagiarism or using another’s work as your own. Plagiarism is a widespread problem in universities as well as online. In this essay, we will examine exactly what constitutes plagiarism, why plagiarism happens, and what the consequences of plagiarism can be. A group at the University of Missouri at Columbia School of Journalism says that plagiarism is: “The use of any part of another’s writing and passing it off as your own.”(Shotz, 2008). The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines plagiarism as “to steal and pass off (ideals or words of another) as one’s own: (another production) without crediting the source, present as new and original an ideal or product derived from an existing source.” When a student plagiarizes, he or she takes...
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...Of the five most common types of plagiarism, these are the two most commonly found in student papers: "Copy & Paste Plagiarism" Any time you lift a sentence or significant phrase intact from a source, you must use quotations marks and reference the source. Sentences and phrases must have quotation marks and citation in order to escape an accusation of “excessive use of undocumented sources.” In 200-level courses or lower, these errors are usually the result of not knowing yet how to properly document sources. However, if large portions of an original source are used without documentation, instructors tend to assume that the plagiarism was intentional rather than accidental. "Word Switch Plagiarism" If you take a sentence from a source and change around a few words, it is still plagiarism. This is commonly done by students intending to commit plagiarism but hoping that using synonyms and switched word order will prevent the plagiarism checking program from identifying the original sources. Because it is “overt” and not an accident, its detection is grounds for punishments ranging from failure of the assignment or course up to the possibility of being expelled from the university, regardless of the course level. How to Avoid Committing Plagiarism 1. Any Information taken from another source (even from the textbook) must have an in-text citation which points to the full bibliographical information for that source on the References page at the end of the essay...
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...According to Bowdoin “Every demonstration of plagiarism sells out general society's trust, disregards the inventor of the first material and decreases the guilty, the art and the industry.” The Josephson Institute Center for Youth Ethics surveyed 43,000 high school students in public and private schools and found that 59% of high school students admitted cheating on a test. 34% self-reported doing it more than two times, one out of three high school students admitted that they used the Internet to plagiarize an assignment.(Josephson, 2) Numerous individuals consider plagiarism as duplicating an alternate's work or acquiring another person's unique thoughts. Yet terms like "duplicating" and "acquiring" can camouflage the reality of the offense.(Josephson, 4) Plagiarism is to take and pass off as one's own, to utilize without crediting the source, to confer academic dishonesty, to present as new and unique a thought or item determined from a current source. At the end of the day, plagiarism is a demonstration of misrepresentation. It includes both taking another person's work and lying about in a short time later. Students from different countries are not familiar with the traditions of plagiarism in American universities and colleges. Plagiarism by students, professors or scientists is viewed as academic dishonesty or scholarly fraud, and offenders are liable to academic reproach, up to and including expulsion. Plagiarism is the demonstration of utilizing someone else's thoughts...
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...It’s very easy to find information for a research paper but it’s not in most cases simple to add information to your paper without falling a victim of plagiarism. The tests gives guidelines on how one can avoid plagiarism in while writing a research paper to ensure that it is free of plagiarism. From the quiz I undertook on plagiarism, pre-test score was low as compared to post-test score which was higher. Only four questions were answered correctly in the pre-test quiz. This was due to limited knowledge I had about detecting, preventing and dealing with plagiarism. In quiz one, I answered wrongly the second question because I dint know that question marks are used when you quote someone else work. The question marks are used to show that the work belongs to someone else and not my own writings. When quoting a source, it’s recommended to use the quote exactly the way it appears because no one would like to be misquoted. After learning this concept, I was now able to answer the question correctly in post-test quiz. Another challenging question was question was the 4th question. The question was testing on citation as a tool to avoid plagiarism. From the information given on citation, it’s highly recommended that any time you quote someone’s words whether printed, spoken or sung, it’s vital to cite them. Question 5 was still testing on citation and I dint answer it correctly. I got to learn that proverbs don’t need to be cited since they are common knowledge. Another question...
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...Running Head: Avoiding Plagiarism 1 Avoiding Plagiarism in Academic Writing Brian Butler Coll100 Matthew Freed Avoiding Plagiarism 2 Citation is most important when trying to avoid the harsh but justifiable punishments for plagiarism. Commonly, when someone say plagiarism, we think, someone copied a paper word for word. What some people do not know is that there are many types of plagiarism. “Plagiarism is not always a black and white issue.” (1) To many people we often think its ok to take words from one person and use for yourself, why is that so wrong? Though, it’s not ok we don’t understand what the problem is. What really is plagiarism and how do we make sure we do not commit plagiarism in our papers? To clarify better, “Plagiarism: an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author:”. (2) That’s very to the point but here’s something else, if you read something and it’s not common knowledge, without citing the source yes, you have created plagiarism. When we hear the word punishment we don’t think of plagiarism being so serious, and yet the penalty for plagiarism can be very serious. Government laws enforce anywhere between a fine and/or incarceration of up to one year, this is a misdemeanor. Fines range from $100 to $50,000 dollars, depending...
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...I have decided to write about the Joseph Biden plagiarism scandal that came to light during his first presidential run in 1988. This particular case peaks my interest because the allegations are true as they have been confirmed by Joseph Biden himself yet he seems to fail to see his actions as plagiarism. Mr. Biden is accused of copying five pages of material for a 15 page paper assignment when attending Syracuse University College of Law. While Mr. Biden did include one footnote to attribute credit to the original work, his efforts are grossly inadequate for a student in his first year of law school. The definition of this offense is, “Plagiarism is the intentional failure to give sufficient attribution to the words, ideas, or data of others that the student has incorporated into his/her work for the purpose of misleading the reader” and then goes on to say, “Students who have any doubt as to whether they have provided sufficient attribution have the responsibility to obtain guidance from their professor or other person to whom they are submitting their work” as defined by Liberty University [ (Online, 2015) ]. “Mr. Biden maintains today, as he did 22 years ago, that he had misunderstood the rules of citation and footnoting” and that he “did not intentionally move to mislead anybody” (Dionne, 1987). It is my opinion that even though Mr. Biden claims he was not ‘malevolent’ in his actions he still had a reasonability to consult with his professor if he is unclear or confused...
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...Some Insight on Plagiarism in Higher Education Amy Joyner Liberty University Evering, L., & Moorman, G. (2012). Rethinking plagiarism in the digital age. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 56(1), 35-44. The article written by Evering & Moorman, 2012, is an article about the complexity and issues that evolve around plagiarism. Plagiarism as we see it today is clearly an issue of concern as far as why people do it and what can be done to avoid it. Plagiarism is not just an issue but clearly a serious and ongoing problem in the world today that needs to be put under control. According to Evering & Moorman, 2012, “Most public and private schools, colleges, and universities have academic integrity or honor codes and consequences for plagiarism, but few professors and teachers explicitly address what plagiarism means or provide examples of individual contexts and degrees of unauthorized copying”. Plagiarism is considered a serious issue that needs to be re-exam as far as Evering & Moorman are concern because it is said that not many students understand what plagiarism is let along trying to prevent it. Although several schools have honor codes about plagiarism and the penalties you can get, it’s still not a discussion with students about what it is and how to avoid it. The article states that “students are seldom engaged in instruction or discussion about what plagiarism is, why it is a problem, and how it can be avoided” (Evering & Moorman, 2012)...
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...purposely. Sometimes, when students are at a crunch of time, will possibly do anything and everything to get that paper turn in on time to their professor; hoping that they could just slide-by without thinking the teacher will not notice. With what I just mentioned there is a term for that, and it is called academic plagiarism or plain and simple plagiarism. Plagiarism can be seen as a very severe and at sometimes can lead to suspension from your school or jobs. Plagiarism can also lead to certain fines as well. Plagiarism, basically is trying to take credit for someone else’s work and trying to cover it up as your work. The question that I ask my readers, how are you going to avoid academic plagiarism? First off, Plagiarism can be listed in the bible of academics, it’s a sin to cheat. While many people can say people who cheat can be seen as people who are lazy and willing to cheat the school system. In my opinion, sometimes it can someone who is just confused with writing. I could remember when I first started college, I was terrified with having to write a paragraph, yet alone an essay. However, I was very determined to learn how to write and avoid plagiarism. I saw other students, who would rather earn an honest grade, would go out to certain websites and buy papers or just copy and paste information from the website, which is...
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...Explain the following strategies of writing 1. Evaluating -evaluating is the process is the process of determining the value and importance of writing. This enables the writer to determine the quality of writing to write that will make the audience be attracted to your article. It also helps the writer to make his writing purposeful so that to fulfill the intention of writing. 2. Interpreting Refers to the process of being able to come up with the meaning of the writing. This enables the writer to effectively write because he/she is able to evaluate what entails the writing. 3. Exploring Refers to the process of going through and doing research on the type of writing to write. This equips the writer with experience on what and how to write. It also enables the writer to determine to who he/she is writing to. 4. Discussing and examining Discussing involves the progress of considering and examining a writing by argument and giving comments till a solution is reached, while examining refers to inspecting carefully to test the knowledge and qualification of whatever the writer is going to write. Discussing and examining makes the writer knowledgeable and experienced in writing. PURPOSE OF ACADEMIC WRITING 1. Presentation of information that indicates understanding of the subject matter. 2. Persuasion is intended to convince the audience by offering convincing argument that supports your point of view. 3. Informative writing aims at passing information and highlighting...
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...My name is Ariel Miller. I am a student at National American University. It is my unfortunate, yet appreciative, responsibility to submit this paper on Academic Dishonesty. The purpose of this paper resulted from utter irresponsibility on my part. In an effort to meet a required deadline, along with a lack of proper time management, I submitted an assignment that contained plagiarism. I must admit that this was never my intentions and the first time I have been faced with such a situation. However, in an effort to take total responsibility, I recognize that my waiting until the last minute to complete an assignment is the root cause of this situation. In the past decade, professors across the country have noticed an alarming new trend—academic dishonesty is on the rise. More than half of college students surveyed admit to at least one instance of serious cheating in the past year (McCabe and Pavela). Information is incredibly easy to access on the Internet, and devices such as iPhones put that power, literally, into the palms of students’ hands. Many students entering universities today face extraordinary amounts of pressure for results academically, leading them to believe that cheating is necessary to succeed. This mentality is further cemented by examples in mass media, from professional athletes to CEOs cheating in order to get ahead. To battle this trend, colleges across the country have implemented honor codes. These codes vary widely depending on the institution; some merely...
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...and start focusing on a way to just pass and of course, the easy way out is copying from whatever they find online. Due to that, plagiarism is becoming a worldwide issue. In order to limit this issue, academic cheating detectors were created. Even though plagiarism detectors were able to get a good amount of recognition and...
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