PLAGIARISM

Just DON’T Do It!

What is it?

DEFINITION

“To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own.”

- from the Latin plagiarus - kidnapper

-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 1999

AU Student Handbook

• Plagiarism is the presentation of someone else’s words, ideas or data as one’s own work.

AU Student Handbook

• By placing his/her name on work submitted for credit, the student certifies the originality of all work not otherwise identified by appropriate acknowledgements.

AU Student Handbook

1. Whenever one quotes another person’s actual works;

2. Whenever one uses another person’s idea, opinion or theory, even if it is completely paraphrased in one’s own words;

3. Whenever one borrows facts, statistics, or other illustrative materials, unless the information is common knowledge.

Quotes

• “A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.”– Dorothy Fischer, from Her Son’s Wife,

ch.37

Right or Wrong?

It can be argued that a mother hasn’t done her job if her children still need her. After all, a mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.

WRONG!

Should have been in quotes!

It can be argued that a mother hasn’t done her job if her children still need her. After all, “a mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.”

Should have credited source!

It can be argued that a mother hasn’t done her job if her children still need her. After all, according to Dorothy Fisher, “a mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.”

Even better!

It can be argued that a mother hasn’t done her job if her children still need her. After all, according to Dorothy Fisher in her book, Her Son’s Wife, “a mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.”

Right or Wrong?

It can be argued that a mother hasn’t done her job if her children still need her. It’s her job to make leaning unnecessary.

WRONG!

Paraphrases must also be cited!

Right or Wrong?

It can be argued that a mother hasn’t done her job if her children still need her. According to Dorothy Fischer, it’s the mother’s job to make leaning unnecessary.

RIGHT!

Borrowing Facts, Statistics, or other Illustrative Materials

Right or Wrong?

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system.

OK!

Borrowing Facts, Statistics, or other Illustrative Materials

South Carolina, the Palmetto State, comprises 31,111 sq. mi., of which 12,257,000 acres is forested.

• WRONG!

Right

According to the 2005, World Almanac and Book of Facts, South Carolina, the Palmetto State, comprises 31,111 sq. mi., of which 12,257,000 acres is forested.

Citing within the research paper

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According to According to According to According to According to According to According to According to According to

Or Parenthetical Documentation

Parenthetical Documentation

• Parenthetical Documentation allows the writer to give credit to his/her sources by referring the reader to a bibliography at the end of the paper.

• Works Cited Page (MLA Style)

• References Page (APA Style)

Example

It can be argued that a mother hasn’t done her job if her children still need her. That is because “a mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary.” (Fischer 113)

Parenthetical Citation

University Home Page

Library Webpage

Research Assistance

Documentation Styles

Documentation Styles

• Groves, R. (1975). Concepts of kinesiology. Philadelphia: Saunders.

• Groves, Roger. Concepts of Kinesiology. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1975.

• Groves, Roger. Concepts of Kinesiology. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1975.

APA

MLA

Chicago

BibMe

Fabrication

Fabrication is the intentional use of invented information or the falsification of research or other findings with the intent to deceive.

- Anderson College Student Handbook

Fabrication

1. Citation of information not taken from the source indicated.

2. Listing sources in a bibliography not used in the academic exercise, unless directed by the instructor to list references consulted even if not cited.

Fabrication (cont.)3. Inventing data or source information for

research or other academic exercise.

4. Submitting as one’s own any academic exercise (e.g., written work, printing, sculpture, etc.) prepared totally or in part by another, including purchased term papers.

5. Taking a test for someone else or permitting someone else to take a test in one’s place.

Penalties

1. A student guilty of the first offense of academic dishonesty will receive as maximum penalty a grade of “F” for the course. Lesser penalties will be left to the discretion of the instructor. Allowing a student accused of a violation to withdraw from or drop the course is not an appropriate action.

- Anderson University Student Development Guide

Penalties (cont.)

2. A student guilty of the second offense of academic dishonesty will receive a grade of “F” for the course, may be suspended for a period of one semester (to be enforced during the next semester), and may be permanently dismissed from Anderson University.

- Anderson University Student Guide

Examples of Plagiarism / Fabrication

• Submitting someone else’s work as your own.

• Including parts of someone else’s works within your own.

• Providing false documentation – both incorrectly cited and made up sources.

Examples of Plagiarism / Fabrication (cont.)

• Omitting documentation.

• Quoting without citing the source.

• Paraphrasing without citing the source.

• Cutting and pasting off the internet.

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

“Glass, China, and Reputation are easily crack’d and never well mended.”

- Benjamin Franklin

“All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.”

- Scott Alexander

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

“I didn't begin cheating until late in my career, when I needed something to help me survive. I didn't cheat when I won the twenty-five games in 1961. I don't want anybody to get any ideas and take my Cy Young Award away. And I didn't cheat in 1963 when I won twenty-four games. Well, maybe a little.”

- Whitey Ford

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO STUDENTS?

• F on the paper or class.

• Suspension or Expulsion

• Revocation of Admittance or Scholarship

• Revocation of Thesis or Degree

• Inability to Get a Good Reference

• Prevents Learning / Leaves Cheater Unprepared for a Career

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT IN THE REAL WORLD?

• Loss of Job

• Loss of Reputation

• Damage to the Employer or Institution

• Lawsuits

TRUE OR FALSE?

1. Plagiarism is stealing.2. Plagiarism is the presentation

of someone else’s words, ideas or data as one’s own work.

3. Fabrication is the intentional use of invented information or the falsification of research or other finings with the intent to deceive.

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE?

4. Fabrication is listing sources in a bibliography not used in the exercise, unless directed by the instructor to list references consulted even if not cited.

5. Plagiarism is including parts of someone else’s work within your own.

6. Plagiarism is providing false documentation.

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE?

7. Plagiarism is omitting documentation.

8. Plagiarism is paraphrasing someone else’s ideas without citing the source.

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE OR FALSE?

9. According to the Anderson College Handbook, a student found guilty of a first offense of academic dishonesty will receive as maximum penalty a grade of “F” for the course.

10. A second offense will result in a maximum penalty of permanent dismissal.

TRUE

TRUE