Plagiarism and referencing 2015 (MFin)

Cambridge Judge Business School

STRESS-FREERESEARCH(or referencing right first time)

Ange Fitzpatrick @angefitzpatrickAndrew Alexander @MrAndrew_ASarah Burton @harasanotrub

Information & Library Services

Session Structure

• Establish your existing knowledge of plagiarism and the rules here in Cambridge

• Score the room• Examples of plagiarism at CJBS• How you’ll be caught and what might happen • Detail Harvard Referencing Style• Unveil the answer to all of your referencing needs• Take your questions

Jane Goodall used material

from Wikipedia and other

websites in a book that she

wrote without

crediting them

https://www.flickr.com/photos/48889038283@N01/4961815033

Shia LaBeouf

took the plot for a film he made from a

famous comic book

author’s work

without crediting

them

Image: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty

Justin Bieber and Usher are accused in a $10 million lawsuit of copying parts of a song written by other people

Joe Biden stole lines from other

people’s speeches

including John F

Kennedy!

Plagiarism

How many of you can define what plagiarism means?

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Plagiarism Definition

Plagiarism Definition

Intentional and unintentional

plagiarism @ Judge

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Once inside the building you face rows of massive Egyptianate columns, banded in blue and red. Above you are walkways and balconies which feel theatrical, while the criss-cross lattice-sided stairs are like something Escher might have imagined. All in all, it is an interesting and exuberant mix of styles and colours. Some might think it is a bit vulgar but you can’t deny that it is exciting.

Don’t waste your time

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Collusion

different writing style

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jjpacres/3293117576/

lack of references

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text familiarity

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formal investigation

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How many of you feel confident about referencing in an essay/assignment?

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Harvard Referencing Style

Has anyone used it before?

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Harvard Style Referencing

Harvard Style is the preferred referencing style at CJBS but you can use other styles provided you are consistent.

Harvard Style is essentially:In text: Author, Year, (and sometimes) Page NumberAt end: Full reference in bibliography

There are no footnotes with Harvard Style.

Harvard Style Referencing

Worked example:

Direct quote in your text (or ‘in-text citation’):‘If you find what you do each day seems to have no link to any higher purpose, you probably want to rethink what you're doing.’ (Heifetz, 2009, p.57)

Reference in bibliography:Heifetz, R. et al. (2009) The practice of adaptive leadership: tools and tactics for changing your organization and the world. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Publishing.

Harvard Style Referencing

Paraphrase in your text:Heifetz et al, seemed to think that adaptive leadership actions have to include a behavioural component and that adaptive solutions are difficult because it involves changing your worldview (Heifetz, 2009).

N.B. Paraphrase someone’s ideas and words by all means BUT unless you add a reference its plagiarism

Harvard Style Referencing

4 Common Referencing Problems

1. Trying to locate a reference you didn’t note down/cannot decipher

2. Failing to include all the references in your text in your bibliography

3. Formatting each and every reference so that it’s in the right style

4. Organising your references alphabetically

Surely there has to be a better way?

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Referencing – Frequently Asked Questions

• Do I have to use Harvard?• Is it OK to reference a summary rather than the original work?• Do I need to reference things that everyone knows? • Can I reference too much?• Is it OK to reference Wikipedia?• If I plagiarise by accident is that OK?• Is it OK to paraphrase?• Can I plagiarise myself?• What about common knowledge?

We have a more detailed FAQ handout and a podcast

Useful Links

All of our plagiarism and referencing advice in one place: http://bit.ly/Plagiarism-CJBS

Zotero:http://www.zotero.org

Information & Library plagiarism and referencing podcast: http://bit.ly/ReferencingPodcast-CJBS

Cite Them Right (available from our databases page here): http://bit.ly/Databases-CJBS

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