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Ensuring Your Academic Ensuring Your Academic IntegrityIntegrity

Plagiarism? What is that?Plagiarism? What is that?

Students frequently hear about Students frequently hear about plagiarismplagiarism from teachers, and they hear that they from teachers, and they hear that they shouldn’t shouldn’t plagiarizeplagiarize. .

What is so bad about What is so bad about plagiarismplagiarism??

To answer this question, it is helpful to know To answer this question, it is helpful to know what what plagiarismplagiarism means. means.

Plagiarism: The DefinitionPlagiarism: The Definition

The The New Oxford American New Oxford American DictionaryDictionary defines defines plagiarismplagiarism::

PlagiarismPlagiarism is “the practice of is “the practice of taking someone else’s work or taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as ideas and passing them off as one’s own.”one’s own.”

“Plagiarism.” New Oxford American Dictionary. Ed. Erin McKean. 2nd ed. Oxford UP, 2005. Oxford Reference Online. 2006. Oxford UP. 26 Sept. 2006 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/>.

Plagiarism: The Current Plagiarism: The Current PicturePicture

PlagiarismPlagiarism is not a new problem. In the is not a new problem. In the twenty-first century, researchers must be aware twenty-first century, researchers must be aware that technology greatly aids educators in that technology greatly aids educators in detecting and penalizing detecting and penalizing plagiaristsplagiarists..


Teachers and professors can detect Teachers and professors can detect plagiarismplagiarism by using the by using the InternetInternet and programs such as and programs such as Turnitin.comTurnitin.com, and students must understand that , and students must understand that their work may be available online for their work may be available online for many yearsmany years and may be and may be immediately, internationally checkableimmediately, internationally checkable. .


Gathering resources is an essential Gathering resources is an essential part of research, and students need to know part of research, and students need to know the ways that researchers can the ways that researchers can legally and legally and ethically utilize the work of othersethically utilize the work of others..

PlagiarismPlagiarism is wrong for both is wrong for both legallegal and and ethicalethical reasons. reasons.

Plagiarism: Why is it wrong?Plagiarism: Why is it wrong?

Intellectual propertyIntellectual property is “a work or invention is “a work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a that is the result of creativity, such as a manuscript or a design, to which one has rights manuscript or a design, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, trademark, etc.”copyright, trademark, etc.”

Plagiarism: Violating the Rights Plagiarism: Violating the Rights of Othersof Others

Plagiarists steal a creative person’s intellectual

property.

“Intellectual Property.” New Oxford American Dictionary. Ed. Erin McKean. 2nd ed. Oxford UP, 2005. Oxford Reference Online. 2006. Oxford UP. 26 Sept. 2006 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/>.

Plagiarism: Violating the Rights Plagiarism: Violating the Rights of Othersof Others

Published work is usually protected by Published work is usually protected by copyrightcopyright..

Copyright: “the exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material.”

“Copyright.” Concise OED. Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson. Oxford UP, 2004. Oxford Reference Online. 2006. Oxford UP. 26 Sept. 2006 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/>.

Plagiarism: Compromising Your Plagiarism: Compromising Your EthicsEthics

It may feel easy to plagiarize, but there can be personal losses as well. You could impede your educational development and jeopardize the esteem of people you admire if you are caught.

Plagiarism: Why Should You Plagiarism: Why Should You Care?Care?

Plagiarists lie by saying that

submitted work is their

own.

Plagiarists miss the

educational opportunity to use their own

ideas and skills.

Plagiarism is essentially

theft.

Law suits have been filed

against plagiarists.

Students have been expelled, degrees have been rescinded, and employers have released

employees following confirmation of plagiarism.

Plagiarism: What If You Get Plagiarism: What If You Get Caught?Caught?

PlagiarismPlagiarism is a violation of a major is a violation of a major school rule at Reserveschool rule at Reserve

How does the Reserve How does the Reserve community view community view plagiarismplagiarism??

Faculty and library staff are deeply Faculty and library staff are deeply concerned about academic integrityconcerned about academic integrity

Faculty and library staff will do everything Faculty and library staff will do everything possible to make it hard to possible to make it hard to plagiarizeplagiarize

Faculty and library staff will do everything Faculty and library staff will do everything possible to detect possible to detect plagiarismplagiarism

Plagiarism: What If You Get Plagiarism: What If You Get Caught?Caught?

Steps are already in place at Steps are already in place at Reserve to deal with Reserve to deal with plagiarism:plagiarism:

The The first offensefirst offense of academic dishonesty is of academic dishonesty is usually dealt with by penalizing the student usually dealt with by penalizing the student academically.academically.

A A second offensesecond offense almost always results in almost always results in dismissal from school.dismissal from school.

Plagiarism: Long-term Plagiarism: Long-term ConsequencesConsequences

However, there can be However, there can be long-term long-term consequencesconsequences of of plagiarismplagiarism::

Degrees (high school and college) have been Degrees (high school and college) have been rescinded based on proof of rescinded based on proof of plagiarismplagiarism

Employment contracts have been terminated Employment contracts have been terminated based on proof of based on proof of plagiarismplagiarism

Law suits have been filed because of Law suits have been filed because of plagiarismplagiarism

Some people feel fortunate if they have not been caught plagiarizing.

Real-life PlagiaristsReal-life Plagiarists

A Harvard University student is embroiled in controversy when it is discovered that she plagiarized passages of her previously lauded novel. She lost her book deal and her possible movie deal with DreamWorks (Poniewozik and Sachs 184).

Workforce Management magazine describes that a corporate CEO received substantial financial penalties after he was caught plagiarizing materials in a management handbook (Marquez 8).

An August 4, 2006, article in The Chronicle of Higher Education cites the dismissal of a university professor due to plagiarism (Bartlett 10).

Avoiding Plagiarism: The Right Avoiding Plagiarism: The Right WayWay

How can you How can you legallylegally and and ethically ethically incorporate research in your work?incorporate research in your work?


Locating, synthesizing, and incorporating the work of Locating, synthesizing, and incorporating the work of others is often an important part of doing research. others is often an important part of doing research.

Fortunately, the concept of Fortunately, the concept of fair usefair use allows allows researchers to compile information from various researchers to compile information from various sources.sources.

According to U.S. copyright law, According to U.S. copyright law, fair fair useuse is the “doctrine that copyright is the “doctrine that copyright material may be quoted verbatim material may be quoted verbatim without need for permission from or without need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder, payment to the copyright holder, provided that attribution is clearly provided that attribution is clearly given and that the material quoted is given and that the material quoted is reasonably brief in extent.”reasonably brief in extent.”

“Fair Use.” New Oxford American Dictionary. Ed. Erin McKean. 2nd ed. Oxford UP, 2005. Oxford Reference Online. 2006. Oxford UP. 26 Sept. 2006 <http://www.oxfordreference.com/>.

Fair Use:


Citing Sources:

Always cite every source you use in your work, whether you are directly quoting material or paraphrasing!

Tools like the program Noodlebib can assist you in making your

citations accurate and complete.

Sources are usually cited within a document and listed at the end of a project. This list can be called:

•References

•Works Cited

•Bibliography

Avoiding Plagiarism: Setting Avoiding Plagiarism: Setting Yourself Up to SucceedYourself Up to Succeed

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Taking time to do the right thing isn’t always easy, but you can improve your chances of

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<http://www.oxfordreference.com/>.Marquez, Jessica. “Sanctions on Raytheon CEO Deemed Fitting.” Workforce Management 22 May 2006: 8. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. WRA Lib., Hudson, OH. 26 Sept. 2006 <http://search.ebscohost.com/>.“Plagiarism.” New Oxford American Dictionary. Ed. Erin McKean. 2nd ed. Oxford UP, 2005. Oxford Reference Online. 2006. Oxford UP. 26 Sept. 2006

<http://www.oxfordreference.com/>.Poniewozik, James, and Andrea Sachs. “An F for Originality.” Time 8 May 2006: 184. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. WRA Lib., Hudson, OH. 26 Sept. 2006

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