Plagiarism: Jayson Blair And Arizona State University

Plagiarism, defined by Merriam Webster Dictionary, is “the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person”, but in simpler terms is the wrongful copying of another’s work for your own(Merriam-Webster). Plagiarism though seeming like a simple offense, can cause the downfall, if not caught, of a creative person and their work. However when justice is served, and the plagiarizer is caught, they can lose everything from their reputation to even their job. Even though plagiarism seems like a common sense crime not to commit, people such as Joe Biden, Jane Goodall, and even president Barack Obama, have been found to plagiarize another’s work. For the purpose of this essay, Jayson Blair, a once up and coming

Plagiarism is an act of lying, cheating, a form of deception. However, it's an easy alternative to getting your work done. People believe that they can get away with plagiarism, but every time the action is done, the risk increases. "What I found is that when you cross the line once, it becomes easier, and easier, to cross it again" (Blair). Jayson Blair was a former journalist in the New York Times who dedicate their lives to finding the truth. In a surprising turn of events, it was revealed that Blair wasn't creating his own work.

Academic integrity: All work submitted in each course must be your own original work. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by your instructor. Knowingly submitting another person’s work as your own, without properly citing the source of the work, is considered plagiarism. This will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course. It may also result in academic dismissal from the University.

Through my college experience and earlier decision to pursue a degree in Biology, I have written many scientific papers as a result of my degree choice. Along my pursuit of a degree, I have learned the seriousness of plagiarism, which was instilled upon me by the professors requiring written papers from their students. Despite the emphasis professors make about the intolerable act of plagiarizing throughout all colleges, there is still the issue of students falsely claiming work as their own. Donald L. McCabe, a business professor at Rutgers University, surveyed 14,000 undergraduate students from 2006-2010 to see what percentage of students would admit to have plagiarized/cheated on homework

From a societal perspective, plagiarism is seen as an anticipated but unfortunate matter of fact, somewhat like a social faux pas (Martin, 1994). If someone in a high level position were to be revealed for plagiarism, certainly there would be embarrassment and some stigma associated with such knowledge (Green, 2002) but when considered against all possible offenses, likely downplayed as minor. Sadly, these incidents are happening younger and younger (Lahey,

Acceptance and acknowledgement that assignments found to be plagiarized in any way will be subject to sanctions under the University’s Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters.

There is a no tolerance policy for cheating or plagiarism. Students found cheating or plagiarizing will get a zero on that assignment; a zero on one assignment jeopardizes your entire course grade. I have failed many students for plagiarizing. Avoid failure.

Intellectual Honesty: Plagiarism is a serious offense against academic integrity and intellectual honesty. In completing written assignments, the student must work independently unless the class instructor indicates otherwise. It is important for students to understand that they must reference the sources for all direct quotes, for the rephrasing of information from an outside source, and for ideas borrowed from readings. Students will be required to use MLA format when referencing sources. Failure to cite appropriate references in any of these instances results in an act of plagiarism, intentional or unintentional. If it has been determined that a student plagiarized a written assignment, the student will receive a zero for the assignment

Students should avoid plagiarizing their own work or the work of others. Yes, a student can self-plagiarize referred to as re-using their work. Students should check with their instructor before utilizing prior written assignments to confirm it is acceptable and if allowed, cross-reference their original work. Students work hard to achieve their academic goals and plagiarizing lessens academic integrity and the effort other students put toward their assignments. Plagiarizing is stealing and weather considered a moral or ethical infraction, it compromises the offender’s academic integrity and negatively impacts a student’s educational pursuit. Consequences for plagiarism can include an F on an assignment and possibly the course as well as

and had to retake the course in another semester. Another case involving a student who denied plagiarism resulted in the student’s expulsion from the school. The question is how do universities and instructors decide what consequences will be applied to which students? Many schools use the “A-B-C-D-E model (Kiehl, 2006, p. 201), the intent of which is to make the concepts of decision-making models practical, rather than abstract” (Kiehl, 2006, p. 200).“The letters A-B-C-D-E serve as a mnemonic in which A = assessment, B = benefit, C = consequences and consultation, D = duty, and E = education” (Kiehl, 2006, p. 201). Using this model makes it easier ethically to hand down a punishment to a student (Kiehl, 2006, p. 200). In the academic learning environment today, students are surrounded with ideas and thoughts of others. These works can be accessed through written material, electronically, heard in lectures and sermons, or even in class discussions. Without giving proper credit to the author of the original work plagiarism is the outcome (Lowe, 2003). Plagiarism can be intentional or unintentional. In an academic environment students are faced withmany ways to practice intentional plagiarism such as downloading a paper from the internet, paraphrasing without using the proper citations, copying papers from students who may have already completed a course and various other ways. Students

Plagiarism has long since been an issue- especially in the classroom. Students try to pass off other people’s work as their own, sometimes stealing ideas, other times even entire papers. In Melissa D’Annunzio’s Ted Talk, “The Punishable Perils of Plagiarism”, she illustrates the severity of plagiarism through an animated video. In the video, there’s a fake department in charge of tracking down people who plagiarize and then throwing them in jail. By making up this scenario, she shows just how serious plagiarism is, and how that is often highly underestimated. In the article “Avoiding Plagiarism”, Karl Stolley, Allen Brizee, and Joshua Paiz go into the different types of plagiarism- from unintentional to intentional and highlight some of the struggles students face when trying to avoid plagiarism. In the journal article “Does the Adoption of Plagiarism- detection Software in Higher Education Reduce Plagiarism?” by Robert J. Youmans, two studies are discussed, and it’s shown how even telling students that their work will be checked against plagiarism- detection software doesn’t keep them from plagiarizing. By looking at these three sources, and comparing and contrasting them, the issue of plagiarism can be greater realized.

Academic Integrity: All work submitted in each course must be the student’s own. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by the faculty member. The known submission of another person’s work represented as that of the student’s without properly citing the source of the work will be considered plagiarism and will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course, and may result in academic dismissal.

Acceptance and acknowledgement that assignments found to be plagiarized in any way will be subject to sanctions under the University’s Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters.

Changing a few words in an idea, copy and paste, omitting to cites sources, and not paraphrasing are all aspects of plagiarism. Hansen, Stith, and Tesdell (2011) have suggested that in our academic culture plagiarism is considered to be a form of cheating and therefore unethical. Proper accolade must be given to original authors of

First, I would like to address the issue of plagiarism. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language defines plagiarism as “the appropriation or imitation of the language, ideas and thoughts of