Plagiarism: Course Analysis

Plagiarism is a form of cheating, and a serious violation of the honor code and academic honesty in educational institutions. According to dictionary.com, plagiarism is: a piece of writing or other work reflecting such unauthorized use or imitation [1]. In simplified terms, plagiarism is taking and using some else’s work without giving credit to the righteous owner, for using their information. This work includes but is not limited to text, graphs, pictures, statistics, or other types of information that is not considered “common knowledge.” It is also considered as stealing, thus it is not tolerated anywhere in the world, and penalties are strictly

Plagiarism is using someone else’s work, words, production, researches and ideas without the approval or the acknowledgment of the writer or producer, and claiming the credit for himself. Many reasons and factors are attributed for the use of plagiarism and could be cultural, historical, linguistic, environmental and educational background. Plagiarism is a form of an academic dishonesty, academic misconduct, and a digital cheating. It is declared to be an unacceptable legal act and institutional regulations. And universities, schools, and instructors do not only need to decrease plagiarism, but they must also affect positively on students writings, increase the understanding of how to use digital technology to facilitate their academic writing.

I did well on the quiz because I have learned about plagiarism before. I knew that if anyone quotes a source directly than it must go into quotations and the writer must clearly identify the citation through the essay and a complete bibliographic citation. Most sources are not quoted and are instead paraphrased which does not involved quotations, but it does need to be proper acknowledged through the citation in the essay and bibliography. The one time that you do not have to find a source is when it is common knowledge such as George Washington was the first President of the United States. However, I did learn that a writer must cite a picture properly in their essay or a professor will consider it plagiarism. I did not know this because

Things I’ve learned from the video is that when students plagiarism the main reason is because they have ran out of time. Plagiarism usually occurs internally and unintentionally. Waiting till the last minute, you have no idea how and what you should do, so you feel looking up the answer would best benefit you. You’re rushing through the assignment, just worried about getting it done, you don’t think to cite. Without citing you’re taking credit from another person’s work. When using a quote or summarizing something, you have to give credit and when you’re in a rush you don’t think to give it where it’s due. It may not seem like such a big deal, but it really is. Plagiarizing someone else’s work can get you a zero or worse kicked out the class

Lynn, you are correct. I believe that the concept of plagiarizing is new to most adult learners. Accidental plagiarism can be very difficult to avoid. However, you seem to have an "I can do" attitude and are willing to work hard and will do your best to continue to learn while utilizing the available resources. Visiting the library and asking questions are just a couple of the resources that are available to adult learners to hopefully ensure that we do not accidentally plagiarize.

Plagiarizing can get a student into a lot of academic trouble. If a student is caught in the act of plagiarism there are several things that can happen. The student could receive no credit on the assignment that was plagiarized. They could also be removed the class and depending on the date being removed they could lose money already paid into the class. Another consequence and in my opinion the worse is being expelled from school.

Learn to borrow from a source without plagiarizing. For more information on paraphrasing, as well as other ways to integrate sources into your paper, see the Purdue OWL handout Quoting Paraphrasing, and Summarizing. For more information about writing research papers, see our resource on this subject. Purdue students will want to make sure that they are familiar with Purdue's official academic dishonesty policy as well as any additional policies that their instructor has implemented. Another good resource for understanding plagiarism is the Statement on Plagiarism from the Council of Writing Program Administrators.

Great post. I had not realized plagiarism was so wide-spread and of so high a percentage in such a field as medicine. It would be interesting to see the statistics on plagiarism for other fields in higher education institutions. It is very disheartening that it happens today and is still so prevalent.

The type of plagiarism that might be hard for me to avoid is, accidental plagiarism. Sometimes, due to the amount of material that I have to deal with on a given day, I may speed read through my class work. Sometimes, the reading for class, is very long or difficult to read, because of the writing style. Other times I may feel connected to the way the author writes and may have very similar thought(s). As a result, I may accidentally plagiarize by writing something very similar, to what the author wrote. (Bethel University, 2014)

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (n.d.), plagiarism is “the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person.” Plagiarism comes from the Latin plagiarius, which means “kidnapper, plunderer,” which further derives from plagium, or “kidnapping,” as according to the Online Etymology Dictionary (n.d.). I find it distinctly sinister that plagiarism derives from a word meaning “kidnapping,” but also very apt. It’s a lot harder to dismiss the connotations of “kidnapping,” even if one is able to trivialize plagiarism as a “minor issue,” which it is not.

The prevalence of academic dishonesty among high school and college students is an essential one (Giluk, 2014). Academic dishonesty has become a common issue. This study as it relates to individual difference in plagiarism-related behaviors conforms with previous work in the Big Five Personality and academic dishonest: A meta-analytic review (Giluk, 2014), as well as Identifying and Profiling Scholastic Cheaters: Their Personality, Cognitive Ability and Motivation (Williams, Et al, 2010) and Understanding Everyday Psychopathy: Shared Group Identity Leads to Increased Concern for Others Among Undergraduates

I had a long talk with Mary. She told me she did it for the grade (A).

With the advent of computer technology and how much we use it as part of our daily lives, there is great opportunity for people to do good while there is also a great opportunity for people use it to benefit themselves at the expense of others. Ethical computing is a set of moral standards, right or wrong, pertaining to the use of a computer. Being morally ethical is being respectful of other computer users and their rights and properties and not using a computer to harm others or commits criminal activity. Although not ethical, technology can allow someone to steal, harm others, invade privacy and other illegal activities on a computer. These activities may benefit the user but harm and damage is being done to the recipient.

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Plagiarism is defined as an act of fraud. Commonly, terms such as “copying” or “borrowing” can be used to describe the offense but at the same time it makes something very serious seem less important. According to US law, the expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property and is protected by copyright laws, just like original inventions. Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright protection as long as they are recorded in some way, which includes a book or computer file.