ethos: Academic integrity & plagiarism

ETHOS:ACADEMIC INTEGRITY & PLAGIARISMJanuary 11, 2013

For Today:Part I:Academic IntegrityDefining Plagiarism

Part II:Rhetoric, Aristotle’s Appeals and

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P.S. This will be a “writing heavy” day

Academic IntegrityIntegrity is:

“adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.”

How does this definition apply to you while in college?

"integrity." Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House, Inc. 10 Jan. 2013. Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/integrity

Plagiarism How do you define plagiarism? A more in depth (and somewhat comical)

definition of plagiarism:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNg94ebLGzY

Consider This:"Rather fail with honor than succeed by

fraud." --Sophocles How can you reconcile this position with

your own needs to earn a certain GPA to graduate?

Is This Plagiarism?...or not? 1: A student copies and pastes text from Wikipedia into an

essay and presents the work as her own. 2: A student copies and pasts text from Wikipedia and

properly cites it. 3: A student forgets to include a citation. 4: A student attempts to use MLA style, but places a

punctuation marker in the wrong spot. 5: You ask a friend to look over your paper and “fix” any

major problems. 6: A students pays someone else to write his essay. 7: A student copies and pastes writing from an essay that

she wrote for another class into an essay for a different class.

Term Review Ethos Pathos Logos

Applying the Appeals

Applying the Appeals cont.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AB2sk1HqrfU

Closing Reflection Ethos and integrity are important in

academia because…..(Finish this sentence and expand)OR In what ways/forms do you encounter

Aristotle’s appeals in your everyday life?

Homework & Reminders For Monday: read selected pages from chapter 4

of TAW Read Backpacks vs. Briefcases Next week we will be preparing for

assignment 1: Please review assignment guidelines on course website

Reminders: Fish summary and Laptop Survey need to be

submitted by 10p tonightPlease make sure you are contacting me at:

abcengl101@gmail.com

Sources Activities adapted from:

Stephen SkalickyUniversity of Missouri Office of Student Rights & Responsibilities website