...Plagiarism is defined as the act of stealing another person original work or ideas and presenting them as once work. When one present a work that contains more wording from another person’s work, this can be termed as a fraud. In order to avoid this one has to credit the source from which he or she has borrowed ideas to write a work. It is equally important that work be properly cited so as to inform that the work being presented is not entirely original but has been taken from different sources and that there is the use of other people’s idea in the presented work (Watkins, 2008). In order to protect other people’s works copyright is used to safeguard anything that has been recorded either in books, computer files or the internet. The recorded...
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...Penalties for plagiarism in US and UK academic institutions Student Name: Institution Name: Course Name & Code: Date Submitted: Outline This paper outlines a little background on plagiarism as well as the current definitions of the practice. The second section evaluates why the act of plagiarism is considered as a bad practice. The policy being used by the UK and US academic institutions on plagiarism has also been reviewed. The penalties on plagiarism that exist have been discussed in the paper as well. Finally, the paper presents a personal opinion on the penalties purported to be heavy as well as a conclusion on the entire paper. Introduction Plagiarism has found its way in the colleges’ courses more recently than ever. During the daily learning activities in colleges, people are progressively involved with the ideas of other people. This may be through incorporation as writings, class discussions and lecture dictations or through reading of texts. Due to these reasons, it is necessary that the owner of the material be given adequate credit where it is due. This paper seeks to evaluate the penalties that exist for those found plagiarizing particularly in the academic institutions of UK and US. The paper defines succinctly what the term plagiarism refers to and also reviews the anti-plagiarism policies existing in the academic institutions found in the US and UK. Also, the paper clearly outlines the penalties imposed on those found plagiarizing in these...
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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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...Benjamin Disraeli once said, “Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.” This may be true but if you use something, cite it. We’ve all been there, a paper due and you have zero done. You may think “let me just copy this and no one will have to know.” Wrong! Your professor will find out and you probably will fail on that paper. And if it is bad enough, then you might even get kicked out. Tonight I am going to explain to you why plagiarism is so bad and ways you can prevent it. Firstly, it is good to be original; to have your own thoughts and to have your own words. Everyone has different writing styles and doing your own work will help your professor to see which style is yours. For example, my style is more stream-of-consciousness. My writing flows from the heart. If one time your paper sounds very humorous and there is some spelling and grammar errors and the next time your paper very serious and it is practically perfect, that’s a red flag and it probably will get acknowledged. Next, It is ok to be influenced by other people’s work. Shoot if no one used anyone’s work, I think we would all be in the dark about pretty much everything. The most important thing about using someone else’s work is that you must cite it. References and citations are not very hard when you have the right resources at your fingertips. And all of us being students at University of Phoenix have those sources. On our student website, we have a reference and citation generator...
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...integrity. At first, he pointed out the declining of academic quality. The tuition fee is raising, but the outcome is not. Then he tells us the biggest reason that causes the problem – it is academic dishonesty. Later, Chace highlights why students cheat and how college cheating damages academic integrity and harms collegiate institutions’ reputations. Finally, he strongly states “To do nothing is not an answer”; therefore, we must find some solutions. William Chase is both President and Professor of English Emeritus at Emory University as well as Honorary Professor of English Emeritus at Stanford University. The American Scholar, the publisher of this article is a very famous magazine in American, as they describes themselves in the website “The American Scholar is the venerable but lively quarterly magazine of public affairs, literature, science, history, and culture published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society since 1932. In recent years the magazine has won five National Magazine Awards, the industry’s highest honor, and been nominated for awards sixteen times. Many of its essays and articles have been selected for the yearly Best American anthologies.” The author and publisher of the article is well-known and reliable. That is one the reason why I choose it. The other reason is the article has shown many alarming figure about the declining of academic quality and students morale, which I will use...
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...INTRODUCTION First and foremost we would like to express our gratitude towards Allah the Almighty for all His blessing and kindness upon us. We also like to thanks Dr Hikmatullah Babu Sahib for giving this opportunity for us to observe the real life event in this world. Lastly, special thanks to our group members and colleagues for their cooperation and contribution to complete this assignment about plagiarism in International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM) directly or indirectly. The objective of our assignment as said by Dr Hikmatullah Babu Sahib is to do the research about plagiarism in IIUM. This is to ensure that the top management of IIUM will be more alert and take any considerable actions to those students who are actively practicing plagiarism or cheating in the exam and also using it to complete their works or assignments with intention or without intention. First and foremost, I will explain about the term that is very important in this topic. Attribution is the acknowledgement that something came from another source. This is to tell others that the ideas and work that we have done is based on others work that we take as a references. Then, there will be a bibliography which is a list of sources used in preparing the work. Meanwhile, citation is a short, formal indication of the source of information or quoted material. It is also known as the act of quoting material that we used in our assignments. Cite is to indicate a source of information or quoted...
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...Plagiarism is a very serious problem among students nowadays. Thanks to the Internet, tons of research papers are just a click away. Researching a topic became much easier when search engines like Google became available. Now, instead of going to the library and spending hours on finding the right article or a book, we can have it all in just a few minutes. Unfortunately, not all students know how to use the resources wisely. Plagiarism can be compared to stealing, even though not everyone sees it that way. We may not be stealing someone’s money or car but their intellectual property. As defined in the textbook, “Plagiarism is passing off other people's ideas or words as one's own. “ (Ruggiero, p.18) I think that some students especially do not realize how serious of an offense plagiarism is. “In the academic world, plagiarism is considered an ethical violation and is punished by a failing grade for a paper or a course or even by dismissal from the institution.” Outside the school, there can be serious consequences as well. The original author, the person from whom we “stole” the ideas and/or words can press charges against us. (Ruggiero, p.18) I also believe that some cases of student plagiarism are due to misunderstanding. Perhaps the student paraphrased a fragment of a scholar article and did not put the source because they thought that since it is in their own words they do not need to cite the source. Maybe the student was not familiar with the APA citation method and...
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...Plagiarism Not Fit for School Plagiarism is part of an existing problem of academic dishonesty. A third of high school students acknowledge copying from the internet for a paper (Facts & Stats). We live in an age where information is freely available. The internet has made that possible, also making cheating a task that is easily accomplished. People download music and movies the same way they can download a term paper. You can download a song, burn it to a CD, and put it in your car and listen to it without any realistic consequences. So why can’t you borrow a few lines from an article and put them in your paper without acknowledging the source? Turns out a lot of students do this. The same as downloading music, they don’t suffer any realistic consequences. Plagiarism is “the act of using another person's words or ideas without giving credit to that person” (Merriam-Webster). According to this definition, plagiarism extends far beyond just academia or writing. It is also prevalent in TV and radio. One notable case is joke theft. George Lopez, a Mexican-American comedian, confronted fellow comedian Carlos Mencia for stealing his jokes (Joke Theft). The act of joke theft amongst comedians has been around as long as stand up comedy has been popular. TV and radio broadcasters plagiarize every day. They read a story on the air without acknowledging the source. I think this form of plagiarism is actually borderline criminal. They are making a profit off of the information they are...
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...on grades only, hence limiting their concern to the final score. As stress and pressure build up, some forget about the actual value of education and start focusing on a way to just pass and of course, the easy way out is copying from whatever they find online. Due to that, plagiarism is becoming a worldwide issue. In order to limit this issue, academic cheating detectors were created. Even though plagiarism detectors were able to get a good amount of recognition and...
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...Academic Honesty The following required paper will serve as a rough guide in what academic honesty is and how to prevent it. This will also outline what is included in plagiarism and general dishonesty, possible reasons why there may be a downfall in this area and ways to protect the student from falling into the plagiarism trap. Ways for students and faculty to foster academic integrity will also be discussed. Academic honesty is important in academics at any level. There are two main reasons for keeping academic integrity intact and they are to stop students from misrepresenting others works as their own and to cite original works giving the source the proper credit. It is important for students to understand the impact that dishonesty has on the educational process. It is also an integrity issue that encompasses the faculty and students as a whole. Academic honesty is the responsibility of all students and faculty. There are so many ways that students can be morally and lawfully dishonest in a college setting, but the student then needs to understand what exactly academic dishonesty is and in what ways they violate the code of conduct put forth by all universities. Academic honesty includes staying away from these dishonest acts: cheating plagiarism (Plagiarism is to present someone else’s work, ideas, creativity sayings as your own ) copying or copy and pasting from the Internet altering authorized academic records helping other students to perform an act of academic dishonesty...
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...Why is the honor code beneficial? The honor code is found in many high schools and colleges. It is found to be beneficial and is also found it can reduce cheating. To argue the honor code you must know what it is. The honor code in a basic term is allowing student to be disciplined or punished for cheating and or plagiarizing. This can be argued to be unnecessary or a waste of time, but it something that has more benefits, and teaches responsibility. Where is the harm in teach student to be responsible for their actions and their work. The honor code is said to be pointless or unnecessary, but everything has a purpose even the honor code. It is found to reduce cheating, it teaches students they must take responsibility for their own work, and it also teaches student there are consequences to their actions. As student gets closer to approaching colleges, they find cheating and plagiarism is taken more...
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...Plagiarism Rob Jenkins, an associate professor of English at Georgia Perimeter College analyzes the effects and the consequences of plagiarism in his article titled: ” Toward a Rational Response to Plagiarism”. Rob Jenkins takes into consideration what kind of problems would it cause to students that take someone elses essay and returns it as his own. He is also trying to figure out what is the best way for teachers to react to their students about the matter. He says it should briefly told to the students what is the teachers stand on plagiarism and what are the penalties to students that get caught. Mr. Jenkins emphasises that the matter should not be overemphasised either. I think it is really hard for a teacher to try to prevent students from plagiating someone elses text in their essays. There are a few reasons for that fact. One is that it is pretty hard to determine what is “plagiating”. If you just take someone`s idea and say it in your own words, is it cheating? Or does it have to be an accurate citation about what someone else has said or written. Reason number two. I think nowadays most students in Finland do not feel that they are making a big crime for cheating on an English assignment. And the penalties would not be that bad. What is the worst thing that could happen? You would have to write your essay again? That does not sound very intimitating. Higher education is not that valued anymore either. And the teachers are not that feared or respected as...
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...Academic Honesty The following required paper will serve as a rough guide in what academic honesty is and how to prevent it. This will also outline what is included in plagiarism and general dishonesty, possible reasons why there may be a downfall in this area and ways to protect the student from falling into the plagiarism trap. Ways for students and faculty to foster academic integrity will also be discussed. Academic honesty is important in academics at any level. There are two main reasons for keeping academic integrity intact and they are to stop students from misrepresenting others works as their own and to cite original works giving the source the proper credit. It is important for students to understand the impact that dishonesty has on the educational process. It is also an integrity issue that encompasses the faculty and students as a whole. Academic honesty is the responsibility of all students and faculty. There are so many ways that students can be morally and lawfully dishonest in a college setting, but the student then needs to understand what exactly academic dishonesty is and in what ways they violate the code of conduct put forth by all universities. Academic honesty includes staying away from these dishonest acts: cheating plagiarism (Plagiarism is to present someone else’s work, ideas, creativity sayings as your own ) copying or copy and pasting from the Internet altering authorized academic records helping other students...
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...Continuing Academic Success XXX GEN/201 XXX XXX Continuing Academic Success Going back to school can be a very difficult decision. There are many factors that can determine the decision to go back to school such as finances, career growth, looking for a better job, or to fulfill personal goals. That made me think about the reasons why I was going back to school. I think for most students, why one would want to return to school is an easy question to answer. After much thought, the important question is not why I was going back to school but how I was going to finish it. I needed to evaluate the reasons why I did not complete school and narrow down the key factors that will make me successful this time around. The variables for academic success are different from student to student, but some of the key factors for all students are goal setting, time management, and academic integrity. Goal Setting Goals are essential to any type of success. Goals serve as a directive and energizing function. It affects the persistence of participants and affects action by leading to arousal and discovery (Locke & Latham, 2002). Goals will keep someone motivated, focused, and provides a sense of direction necessary for academic success. However, simply creating goals will not lead to academic success. During my early academic career, my lack of goal setting led to academic failure. It was difficult for me to achieve my goals without having a clear understanding of what I was trying...
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...are learning about. The most common form of academic dishonesty is plagiarism. Plagiarism is taking credit for work that you have not done yourself. It can come in copying work, stealing ideas, or not accrediting authors. “Plagiarism” (also called “plagiary”) in research publication means an unethical act that is done to deceive readers about the origin of the ideas or words. It is usually considered a conscious, voluntary act that is done intentionally to copy something, and to mislead the reader into believing wrongly that the person whose name appears as the author was the original intellectual source of words or ideas that were in fact taken from another source. (Shashok, K. (2011). Authors, editors, and the signs, symptoms and causes of plagiarism. Saudi Journal Of Anaesthesia, 5(3), 303-307. doi:10.4103/1658-354X.84107) Why is academic dishonesty committed? The reason he or she may committee academic dishonesty could be something as simple as not citing the information properly as well as keeping track of where the information was obtained. Academic dishonesty is not always committed because of the need to cheat or not wanting to do his or her work. When going to school online at home and maintaining a full house hold it’s even more complicated far too many distractions, which will prevent he or she from working too their full capacity. There could be issues such as divorce, verbal abuse, just a bad living situation. The individual back is up against the wall because...
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