...Plagiarism is one of the biggest problems in academics today. Plagiarism can be described as the act of borrowing and copying someone’s else words as one’s own without crediting the source. However, plagiarism can be unintentional, for instance, when a person lifts a passage from a source and forgets to put quotation marks around it or attempts to paraphrase, but instead changed only a few words. Plagiarism can also be described as the dishonest use of the work of others without crediting the source. However, an author can also use his or her previous work without citing it, which is known as self-plagiarism. Today, schools are the most affected by the issue of plagiarism. Most students admitted to plagiarizing work at some point during their studies (Madray 10). Most students do not...
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...Topic: Plagiarism Title: Student Plagiarism and the use of a Plagiarism Detection Tool by Community College Faculty Rationale This study sought to better inform community college administrators and faculty regarding possible factors that contribute to higher levels of student plagiarism and to suggest appropriate preventative or responsive interventions. The specific purpose of the study was to investigate a set of faculty related factors that may be associated with particular levels of suggestive plagiarism. Suggestive plagiarism is an intentionally chosen term to capture the fact that TII reports on submitted papers only and that may, but not necessarily, infer actual plagiarism. It does not assess a student’s intent or ignorance of the rules of source attribution. This reality of the tool is discussed at greater length later in this study. This study guide aims to help you to understand what plagiarism is in the context of academic work, and offers guidance on how to avoid it. Introduction Plagiarism, and the larger issue of ownership of the written word, is not as easy to define as it might first appear. Many writers on the topic of plagiarism and academic honesty have attempted to define the term. It comes as no surprise that the use of the Internet is on the rise and that the high school and college students of today see it as an integral and vital tool for their learning. The combination of the ubiquitous nature of computers, the internet and other information technologies...
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...Dangers of Plagiarism Institutional Affiliation Author’s Name Date PLAGIARISM Plagiarism is the verbatim act of copying or imitating the language, thoughts or ideas of another author or person and representing them as one’s own original work. This is done without the consent of the original author or person who is the rightful owner of the content. It may be intentional, unintentional or via reckless means. Plagiarism is a serious violation of academic honesty in the academia world. There are various causes of plagiarism which include: I. Inadequate research skills and writing skills among individuals. This includes problems in evaluating the source of internet for reference , careless note taking and confusion on about how to correctly cite reference materials. II. Misunderstanding key concepts about plagiarism. This includes limiting plagiarism to written texts only, assuming that online information is public information but not the intellectual property of the creator and needs proper citation. III. External factors such as competition for good grades among scholars makes some fall prey to plagiarism in this process. IV. Internal factors such as laziness among individuals, poor time management by the individuals as well as poor organization skills by the latter. V. Cultural based attitudes towards plagiarism. Some people from some cultures don’t believe that someone can own language, thoughts or ideas...
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...Plagiarism Terrence A. McCray, Sr. Liberty University Abstract While an individual is pursuing an education, writing and research integrity is a must. With the wealth and ease of both available and immediate information provided through the internet, college students are being faced with committing acts of plagiarism. Because of plagiarism, writing and research integrity has become an extreme challenged to maintain for college students, especially if they are not fully acquainted or knowledgeable of plagiarism. This challenge is not only identified among college students, there is evidence of plagiarism among those who should have firsthand knowledge of the rules of plagiarism (Calvano, 2012). In order for a college student to have success in college, one must be familiar with plagiarism and the consequences of guilt. The writer of this paper has attempted to provide the reader with a brief discussion of this vital subject which has caused many college students much grief. Plagiarism Attending college can be one of the most rewarding experiences one could ever have. Though the college experience is rewarding, it can also be extremely challenging. College students are required to perform and adhere to high levels of academic integrity, especially in the area of writing assignments. College students are being required by professors to write various forms of papers, which takes time and research. Each time a college student has a writing assignment, they...
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...Part III: Understanding Plagiarism Background: According to a 2002 survey by UConn's Department of English: Freshmen Writing Program: Nearly 30% of responding students admitted to having knowingly plagiarized at least once. Nearly 43% of responding students admitted to unknowingly plagiarizing at least once. It is because of this, that the FYE program designed the following assignment in an effort to introduce students to the concept of academic integrity, specifically, what is plagiarism, how is it defined here at UConn, and how you can avoid accidentally plagiarizing. The goals and objectives specifically for this assignment are to 1) develop a direct awareness of plagiarism and its responses, 2) continue to cultivate research skills, 3) increase participation and skills in leading class discussions, and 4) continue to develop critical analysis of written work. Steps for Success: 1. Pre-Test: Log into HuskyCT and take the plagiarism self-evaluation pre-test. 2. Initial Research: Investigate and read resources found on the Internet - both UConn specific (Plagiarism Resources http://www.lib.uconn.edu/instruction/PlagFac.htm , Freshman English Module http://irc.uconn.edu/PlagiarismModule/intro_m.htm ) and beyond (Talking About Plagiarism http://bedfordstmartins.com/catalog/static/bsm/technotes/workshops/talkingplagy.htm , Plagiarism & The Web http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm , Plagiarism: What it is and How to Recognize and Avoid it http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism...
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...daresay Nigeria is a very rich country in terms of culture and diverse in terms of customs and traditions. From time immemorial information has been passed down from generations to generations orally. Words and proverbs were actually not attributed to a singular person but to an ethnic group, for instance, the Yoruba adage, the Igbo adage, the Hausa adage, the Bini adage and so on. As we advance over the years, we started attributing word or group of words as quotes to an individual and also books were written by individuals. It was in the bid to stop mass reproduction of books that copyright came into been. During my research on this topic, I found out that most of the research works and journals on academic integrity in Nigeria only focus on cheating, malpractice and fraudulent practices and behaviours by both the student and lecturers alike and none was on plagiarism. Academic Integrity: Nigeria Factors and Solutions profiled In Nigeria, It is no longer news that academic dishonesty remains one of the major challenges of our education system (Olasehinde, 2000; Olasehinde-Williams, Abdullahi & Owolabi, 2003). I argue that the current...
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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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...Plagiarism While reflecting on the overall learning objectives from this topic, plagiarism, the key takeaway for me is turning in another person’s work and the misunderstood boundary between plagiarism and research. I enjoyed learning how to recognize the various forms of plagiarism, Poor Disguise, Ghost Writer, and Self-Stealer. First, I view plagiarism as nothing but stealing the work of someone else which is wrong and displays academic dishonesty. Per Grand Canyon University’s Center for Innovation in Research and Teaching, plagiarism can be defined in many ways. Such as, the act of appropriating the literary composition of another author, or excerpts, ideas, or passages there from, and passing the material off as one's own creation,...
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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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...Academic Dishonesty Pamela D. Haynes June 1, 2012 The Importance of Academic Honesty Academic Honesty is a vital part of your process of matriculating. It is imperative that you do your own work while in the learning process in order to express exactly how much you know about the topic that you are learning about. The most common form of academic dishonesty is plagiarism. Plagiarism is taking credit for work that you have not done yourself. It can come in copying work, stealing ideas, or not accrediting authors. “Plagiarism” (also called “plagiary”) in research publication means an unethical act that is done to deceive readers about the origin of the ideas or words. It is usually considered a conscious, voluntary act that is done intentionally to copy something, and to mislead the reader into believing wrongly that the person whose name appears as the author was the original intellectual source of words or ideas that were in fact taken from another source. (Shashok, K. (2011). Authors, editors, and the signs, symptoms and causes of plagiarism. Saudi Journal Of Anaesthesia, 5(3), 303-307. doi:10.4103/1658-354X.84107) Why is academic dishonesty committed? The reason he or she may committee academic dishonesty could be something as simple as not citing the information properly as well as keeping track of where the information was obtained. Academic dishonesty is not always committed because of the need to cheat or not wanting to do his or her work. When going to school...
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...Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's work to represent one’s own original work “without giving credit or acknowledgement to the author or the source that information is taken from”(Academichonesty.unimelb.edu.au, n.d.). This includes images, ideas and ideological frameworks that have been used or created by another person (Academichonesty.unimelb.edu.au, n.d.). Plagiarism can come in many different forms. For example: directly copying a sentence or significant portions of a sentence without quotation marks (Gethelp.library.upenn.edu, n.d.), “paraphrasing of another's work closely, with minor changes but with the essential meaning, form and/or progression of ideas maintained” (Academichonesty.unimelb.edu.au, n.d.), and even “preparing an original and correctly referenced assignment and submitting part or all of the assignment twice for separate subjects or marks”(Academichonesty.unimelb.edu.au, n.d.). Many of which we do not take note of or do not even realise are cases of plagiarism. Plagiarism is a major problem for people who do not know how to spot and avoid them. The most common reason is due to carelessness. According to Goebel, this comes about when people are not organised in their work which would lead to missing out references or putting the wrong references at the wrong places (Goebel, n.d.). This can be easily solved by being organised and systematic when doing research. To elucidate, when writing an essay or research piece, forward planing is crucial as...
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...Subject: Policy No: Version: Effective Date: Contact: Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Policy PP-ACD-DB-10.4 V3 25 July 2012 Immediately Chair, Deans’ Committee This document is issued and controlled by the Policy and Document Control Officer. Approval for changes may only be given by the President or in his/her absence, an authorised member of Senior Administration. This is a controlled electronic document subject to update and must not be copied. 1.0 Purpose of Policy The purpose of this policy is to set out the University’s commitment to Academic Integrity, with particular reference to: the importance of acknowledgement practice; responding to plagiarism and other forms of academic misconduct in a consistent and equitable manner; and the roles and responsibilities of staff and students in upholding the values of Academic Integrity. 2.0 Definitions Word Academic Integrity Definition (with examples if required) Demonstrating the values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility in all academic endeavours, including preparing and presenting work for assessment as part of coursework or research. The practice of acknowledging the ideas, designs, words or works of other people in one’s own work. An academic task which a student is required to complete to provide a basis for an official record of achievement or certification of competence in a subject, as stipulated in the Subject Outline. Using another person’s ideas, designs, words or works...
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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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...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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...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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