...Memo To: Dustin Freymiller From: Shawna Ellis Date: August 28, 2014 Re: Plagiarism In your professional work, school, or personal life it is important to use your own words and ideas. Plagiarism also involves using charts, graphs, and photos from other sources besides your own. The definition of Plagiarism is, “using others’ ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information.” If you are unable to put something in your own words, it is more affluent that you put the information in quotations and give proper credit to the person, website, book or magazine, as I have done so above. The best way to avoid plagiarism is to do your research first, then critically think about the information, and finally write about the...
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...BUAD 201: Business Writing Syllabus Fall 2014 Professor Katharine Sentz Office: SGMH 5166 Phone: 657.278.3645 Office Hours: MW 12:00 am -1:00 pm (and by appointment) E-Mail: ksentz@fullerton.edu Department Phone: (657) 278-2223 Logon for Fullerton’s Portal: http://my.fullerton.edu Prerequisites: English 101 or equivalent (with a grade of C or better). You may not be enrolled in BUAD 201 while taking BUAD 301. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • apply fundamental strategies and techniques of business communication to prepare business correspondence, reports and presentations • understand the characteristics of business writing style and the essentials of effective document design • analyze and use contemporary business communication channels. • analyze intercultural communication strategies, nonverbal communication, and ethics in typical workplace situations. • prepare a basic job application package, understand job search strategies and interview process. • exhibit team skills by collaborating with peers to write and present. • demonstrate literacy skills by producing university caliber and workplace-acceptable documents. The instructor may suggest a self-study program to students having difficulties with grammar and mechanics. In some cases, the instructor may advise that students hire a tutor. Required Texts: Mary Ellen Guffey & Dana Loewy. Business Communication: Process & Product, 8th edition + Aplia Learning...
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...The Importance of Academic Honesty Introduction Academic Honesty is an increasingly important aspect of the education process. The concerns of academic honesty and the lack of it are increasing, therefore colleges and universities are taking immense measures to control academic dishonesty. This paper will describe the definition of academic dishonesty as defined by Hard, Conway and Moran as well as describe the importance of academic honesty. The long term negative effects of academic dishonesty will be discussed as well as the various methods of deterrence. Building and acquiring academic integrity can encourage a student to become more confident with his or her academic assignments as well as improving him or herself academically. Academic Dishonesty Academic dishonesty is a form of cheating whether it is deliberately or inadvertently. Academic honesty is a major issue and the importance of this topic has been at the top of discussion between teachers and students at every level of education, especially within adult students with both face-to-face and online courses in the modern era. Academic dishonesty is described by Hard, Conway, and Moran (2006) below: providing or receiving assistance in a manner not authorized by the instructor in the creation of work to be submitted for academic evaluation, including papers, projects and examinations (cheating); and presenting, as one’s own, the ideas of words of another person or persons for academic evaluation without...
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...[pic] Georgia Gwinnett College School of Science and Technology Cardio Kickboxing PHED 1090-08 Term and Year: Fall 2012 Professor: Mona Smith, MEd Office: I 2134 Open Door Times: By mutual agreement of the student and the instructor Professor’s Contacts: msmith11@ggc.edu, or preferably through D2L 678-429-2556 (cell) Prerequisites: None Course Location: F-2104, Aerobics room Meeting Time: Thursday 3:30-4:45 pm Course Description: This course will teach students the proper technique and fundamentals for cardio kickboxing and introduce them to a new form of lifetime aerobic activity, utilizing punches and kicks as well as improving their physical fitness. This course will also address all of the five components of fitness. Required Textbook: No required textbook. Course Format: Each class meeting will follow the format below: ▪ Introduction to basic skills, lecture on various material: 10 minutes ▪ Stretching/Warm-up: 10 minutes ▪ Cardio based activity: 45 minutes ▪ Cool Down/ Stretching: 10 minutes . Grading Scale: A 90 – 100 (Excellent) B 80 – 89 (Good) C 70 – 79 (Fair) D 60 – 69 (Poor) F below 60 (Failure) |Assignment ...
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...|[pic] |Instructor Policies | | |PHL/458 | | |Creative Minds and Critical Thinking | |Facilitator Information | | | |Trisha McAloon | |llmcaloo@email.phoenix.edu (University of Phoenix) | |trishamcaloon@yahoo.com (***Emergency Only) | |480-390-0132 (Arizona Time) | | | |Facilitator Availability...
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...CS 340 – Legal & Ethical Issues in Computing – FALL 2012 - 3 hours C Course designation: CS 102 or an equivalent is a required pre-requisite. Extensive use of the computer is required for a passing grade in this course. Course Objective: To increase awareness of the ethical and legal issues of computing and responsible use. Course Description: By way of case study and fact pattern analysis, we will find and frame legal and ethical issues presented by past, contemporary and emerging technology. Cases and events will be examined. At the conclusion of the semester, students will be able identify and discuss legal and ethical issues presented by technology. Instructor: Office Hours: Leslie Dixon 9 am – 11:30 am M W and by Office: 202B Houser Hall; 205-348-1663 appointment Email: Ldixon@cs.ua.edu (please include a subject) Course Websites: http://cs340.cs.ua.edu & https://ualearn.blackboard.com/ Twitter: cs340 Required Text: Ethics in a Computing Culture Binkman ISBN: 1-111-53110-2 Required Access: Global Technology Watch ISBN: 1-111-37635-2 Grading: Writings, quizzes, in-class work, participation: Project: Exams (3 @ 15% each): 30% 25% 45% Writings: Approximately 3 times this semester, students will write an essay or reflection on a current event in technology. Material for these will be provided through the Global Technology Watch website. Project: This semester students will work in teams of approximately 4-5 students on a project concerning ethics and popular culture or legal...
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...Stetson School of Business and Economics The Stetson School of Business and Economics (SSBE) promotes the advancement and integration of quality business education and practice. In support of Mercer University’s mission, the School provides undergraduate and graduate programs that are designed to enable, enhance, and expand professional careers, civic responsibility and lifelong learning. ACC 601 A22 Accounting Theory Fall 2012 Session II Tuesdays: 6:00 P.M. to 10:15 P.M. Professor: Julie Petherbridge Office Phone/Voice Mail: 678-547-6010 Office: 205 BE Bldg Email: petherbrid_j@mercer.edu Fax: (678) 547-6160 Office Hours: 3 - 6 pm Tuesdays and Thursdays and by appointment COURSE DESCRIPTION This course focuses on financial accounting theory, current pronouncements, problems of income determination, and accounting research and research methodology applied to accounting issues. COURSE OBJECTIVES This course discusses broader implications of financial accounting and examines critically accounting theories. It provides theoretical base for financial accounting and reporting in business relationships characterized by information asymmetries. Besides its theoretical orientation, the course discusses institutional structure and different reporting environments of financial accounting and standard setting. It also features considerable coverage of financial accounting literature. Students completing this class should be able to: • To understand...
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...Abstract Plagiarism and other forms of cheating have been around since the beginning of formal education. In order to evaluate the factors that influence the behavior and attitudes towards this moral problem, one must recognize the Internet has made plagiarism a rapidly growing issue in today’s academia. Easy access to the Internet and to a world of what seems to be free information tempts students to copy and paste text into papers with a quick click of a mouse. The Internet also provides a means for students to purchase term papers, without researching or writing assignments on their own. Teachers and faculty must constantly evolve and find new ways to fight the growing problem of plagiarism, including the use of electronic tools implemented by educational institutions to control it. Understanding how and why students plagiarize will provide insight to faculty in combating the ever-persistent problem. Cyber-Plagiarism Plagiarism occurs when students claim someone else’s work as their own, or when they do not give proper credit for information obtained from another source. “The terms cyber-plagiarism, and cyber-cheating have become commonplace in recent years when recounting the phenomenon of students misusing resources that they find via ‘the Net,’” Smith, 2003, p. 22 (as cited in Wiebe, 2006-2008, ¶ 2). Today, many students commit cyber-plagiarism by not putting effort into writing their own work. They take the easy road and purchase ready-made papers...
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...OVERALL SCORE: 90% (18 of 20 Questions Correct) Site Title: Plagiarism Quiz: Avoiding Plagiarism Mastery Test Date/Time Submitted: 4/15/2014, 3:37:09 PM 1. I believe that the importance of academic writing is to help you communicate your ideas more clearly to whoever your audience or primary reader may be. Being able to write academically will more than likely help you succeed professionally by showing your employer you have good written communication skills as well as whatever other qualities you have to offer their company. A lot of companies these days are looking only to hire employees with outstanding communication skills. 2. I believe that integrity is important in writing because in an academic or professional setting you are supposed to show respect for another person’s work and demonstrate your own professionalism by being honest, reliable, trustworthy and fair. I think that a lot of students these days do not believe in academic integrity. Using another person’s work is looked upon as cheating or plagiarism which is called academic dishonesty which can cause you to be penalized, expelled or maybe even terminated in a professional environment. 3. I believe that the best way to avoid plagiarism is to use paraphrasing or use your own common knowledge. The technique I use myself is trying to figure out as much common knowledge I have on whatever the subject may be, then researching the subject to find out things that I did not know...
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...Academic integrity within education is considered one of the most important aspects in the review of literature. It refers to the use of knowledge, which needs to reflect transparency, morality as well as honesty (International Centre for Academic Integrity, 1999). As Drinan and Gallant et. al, (2008) mentioned the ‘Rule Compliance Strategy (RCS)’ is one of the most popular strategic ways to stop plagiarism. In RCS, plagiarism is bordered as a ‘criminal’ action and thus, all writers have to apply these rules and acknowledge that the work material belongs to other individuals. Failure to comply with the rules would result implications and actions. According to Hayes and Introna (2005), Western countries with English as a national language and in particular, the United Kingdom has been the first choice for international students who wish to study abroad. Many authors have witnessed that students from abroad and, especially from the East, have a different method of learning and is contradictory with the Western approach. However, the reality is that academic work and values are currently in challenge due to the effect of globalization (Peter, 2003). The rapid growth of technology in a global level has introduced a new way of knowledge, the e-learning. The high-tech, easy, online access to important information has eroded the traditional academic values and the appeal for higher education as well as science has been replaced with technology and its application. Academic integrity...
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...Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating and plagiarism. Plagiarism includes copying the work of others word for word outside of properly cited direct quotations. This means that regardless of the citation of a source, one may not use another person’s words outside of a direct quotation. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating and plagiarism. Plagiarism includes copying the work of others word for word outside of properly cited direct quotations. This means that regardless of the citation of a source, one may not use another person’s words outside of a direct quotation. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating and plagiarism. Plagiarism includes copying the work of others word for word outside of properly cited direct quotations. This means that regardless of the citation of a source, one may not use another person’s words outside of a direct quotation. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating and plagiarism. Plagiarism includes copying the work of others word for word outside of properly cited direct quotations. This means that regardless of the citation of a source, one may not use another person’s words outside of a direct quotation. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating and plagiarism. Plagiarism includes copying the work of others word for word outside of properly cited direct quotations. This means that regardless of the citation of a source, one may...
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...DreamWorks worth $500,000 and in 2006 Kaavya Viswanathan wrote and released a book titled “How Opal Mehta Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life”. A few weeks after it was released by Alloy it was discovered that she plagiarized several different authors. A few of the authors that she took portions of her work from and the books that they were from are Megan F. McCafferty “Sloppy First”, “Second Helpings”, Toni Morrison “The Bluest Eye” and Tanuja Desai Hidier “Born Confused” (Zhou, 2006) (Dave, 2006). After the plagiarism was discovered her books were taken off the shelves and she lost the contract for the movie. At the time this took place Kaavya Viswanathan was a student at Harvard University, the academic board met to go over the case and they determined that because it was not academic plagiarism that she would not be punished by the school, however she did take a leave of absence from school until all aspects of the case was settled (Dave, 2006). Plagiarism is when someone copies another’s work verbatim and puts their name on it taking full ownership of the work (iParadigms, LLC, 2013). Paraphrasing is also considered to be plagiarism if it is not cited giving credit to the original author of the work. There are a couple ways that someone could mistakenly plagiarize their work. The first is if the person does not know when or how to cite the source from where they got the words from whether it is a full sentence or just paraphrasing. The second is if they use too many of someone’s...
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...Academic honesty and plagiarism are two aspects which develop the individual personality that how we have to be in the communities and society. In adapting these aspects, it may not be clear to students at times. So they tend to go in the wrong direction to complete the work and submit on time. This occurs both in class and online. In class may be the because of the continuous monitoring of the faculty the percentage is bit low when compared to the online classes. So accordingly the steps have to be taken, which enables students to understand the importance of these aspects. This is also serious issue for international students. As the students come from different cultures to prosper the higher education they may not be aware of this aspect of not following the academic honesty and plagiarism. I heard few stories in which the few international students are suspended from the school for not following these issues. So this should be taught in the schools in the beginning sections of their classes so that they can understand the severity of the issue. Now on the other aspect faculty perception on the students’ academic honesty is also important. Students who did not understand the importance of the aspects tend to do the work in a wrong way and submit it which results in the academic dishonesty and plagiarism. These aspects may spoil the bond between the students and faculty. According to my knowledge faculty play an important role in the personality development of the students...
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...search for academic honest in higher learning using search engines, little was found. When I first said searching, I decided to use google.com and ask.com as my search engines. I decided to look for academic honesty in higher learning (in its entirety). I had more luck with my findings when I used google.com than when I used ask.com. I picked a few websites that sounded like they'd be useful when writing a paper on the topic. The first two that I chose to visit were findarticles.com and wiki.answers.com. Wiki.answers.com literally gave a one sentence definition of what is believed to be academic dishonesty. Findarticles.com gave a short and simple description on academic dishonesty in online courses and provided a few links to articles about academic dishonesty. Those articles gave very little information on plagiarism and other terms defining academic dishonesty. One of the articles only informed a person about using correct citations in a paper and it was only six to eight sentences long. As with google.com, ask.com provided many links to many different colleges and academic institutions. I'm looking for academic integrity, not links to colleges, or links to different colleges' guidelines on their ideas on academic integrity (although they could somewhat prove to be useful). One thing that I was hoping for were statistics (real case studies) on academic dishonesty in higher learning. I did a search using ask.com for statistics on academic dishonesty. A lot of data...
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...ACADEMIC DISHONESTY: ARE MORE STUDENTS CHEATING? Dorothy L. R. Jones Norfolk State University ACADEMIC DISHONESTY, with Internet plagiarism as one of the most common forms, is a concern on college and university campuses more than ever before. A review of the literature validates these concerns. According to a 2003 nationwide research study of 23 public and private colleges and universities, conducted by Donald L. McCabe, Internet plagiarism is on the rise. Thirty-eight percent of the undergraduate students surveyed indicated that they had engaged in Internet plagiarism (as cited in Rimer, 2003). Brown, Weible, and Olmosk (2010) found that 49% of students in undergraduate marketing classes admitted cheating in 1988 versus 100% of the students in an undergraduate management class in 2008; a national survey published in Education Week found that 54% of the students surveyed admitted to Internet plagiarism and 76% admitted to cheating; and the Center for Academic Integrity found almost 80% of the college students surveyed admitted to cheating at least once (“Facts About Plagiarism,” 2011). In May 2006, Ohio University’s Department of Mechanical Engineering plagiarism scandal garnered national attention when a review panel found “rampant and flagrant” forms of plagiarism in 34 master’s theses (Grose, 2006); and in November 2010, more than 200 of the 600 students in a University of Central Florida business class confessed that they benefited from accessing online test questions...
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