On 13 November 2003, the BBC News website has published the results of an interview with "Anna," a senior student at a British university. Anna freely admitted plagiarizing the work she had handed over his college career. She finished her final project at the time of the interview, also plagiarized. His motives were to achieve its general business and its inability to find the materials they needed in the library. Anna was also forthcoming about how she avoided detection. She bought research papers on the Internet and mixed with parts of his own writing to shake his readers. Professor Susan Bassnett, quoted in the article, called plagiarism in academia as a "plague." His solution to dishonesty, along these lines was simple deportation.
The rapid spread of computers, the rise of the Internet, Web sites and electronic texts, has created a new situation in education. Suddenly, it is very easy to copy the work of someone else and claiming to have written an original work, when in fact the author takes the work of another writer. These practices are defined as plagiarism, a form of academic fraud. Some students, teachers or teachers really understand what is involved in plagiarism. Yet the evidence now exists in some places up to 25% of university students plagiarize systematically testing.
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Historically, plagiarism was not considered a problem. In some cultures memorizing scripture was and still is considered a sign of great piety and learning. Therefore, it is important to recognize that plagiarism has become a problem of the rise of the modern university in the 19th century, when universities began granting institution based on merit and not just because someone attended References. The severity of the problem has increased in the mid-twentieth century, when teachers began receiving salary increases and promotions based on the number of scholarly publications. All along, it was thought that when someone writes an assignment, review, article or book is really his own work. Degrees, salary increases and promotions are awarded for creative work written in his own words. Thus, plagiarism undermines the basis for scholarly recognition and awards.
It is actually quite straightforward to define plagiarism. The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, plagiarism is "the action or practice of plagiarism, the misappropriation or steal and publish as yourself, ideas, or the expression of ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mechanical, etc.) of another."In plain terms, plagiarism is theft. Stealing someone's work and use it as your own is not contrary to steal someone is the because and use it as your own.
While this sounds simple, yet plagiarism continues at an accelerated pace. Some people are really confused about what plagiarism is and can commit by accident. False accusations are also more frequent. A clear definition and understanding are needed before this problem can be addressed. A more useful definition of plagiarism can be run as follows:
Plagiarism is deliberately mislead the reader without a valid reason through the misappropriation of others' words and representation as his individual work effort. Academic plagiarism occurs when a writer repeatedly uses more than four words from a printed without the use of quotation marks and a precise reference source to the original source in a book presented as the research of the author and scholarship. Continuous paraphrasing without serious interaction with the views of another person through argument, or adding new material and ideas, is a form of plagiarism in academic work.
But even with a clearer definition, plagiarism should continue. Inertia is a reason for this: teachers and students make excuses are no plagiarism. Many others have a vested interest in muddying the waters. Plagiarism can be a very profitable business that leads to employment, promotion, and increased regular wage. Much of that cost taxpayers millions every year. Taxpayers' money to fund schools and universities where students and teachers can be released documents copied.
It is important to recognize that not all cases of credit involve plagiarism. Three factors must be considered before someone is charged with plagiarism.
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First, the author he made a genuine mistake? Numerous high school and first year university students simply do not know that plagiarism is wrong. With websites offering essays for sale and immediate availability of automated information, young students may think that plagiarism is just too easy and too widespread to be wrong. Others make genuine mistakes, sometimes after moving a text using a word processor. Therefore, the maturity of the alleged plagiarism should be examined. For example, while a freshman should be left off with a warning, a PhD student should be expelled from the program. Similarly, in case of some isolated cases unassigned in the works of the writer credit, it is reasonable to believe that they are real errors. When ownership is frequently accused of plagiarism can be justified.
Secondly, in certain circumstances a writer cannot cite his sources because it would lead to the punishment or death. Therefore, the social context of the work of the writer must be considered. The question must be asked whether or not the author of plagiarism result of censorship or threats of violence. In this case, there is good reason why a writer cannot cite their sources. For example, a writer in the Islamic world, who admits reading the controversial author Salman Rushdie calls a death sentence. Therefore, no one is going to admit to even if they could use his work in his private writings.
Third, when writing novels some writers use descriptions of geographic locations of travel books and other sources. Because the notes are not used in the novels and the novelist's intent is to write a history of plagiarism seems inappropriate because there was no intention to mislead.
The actual problem of plagiarism is educational. School rules clearly state that the tests and the thesis must include 'original. ' Activities The claim of originality means that a student must use his own words, work and ideas. Therefore, a student should read their sources and collect their own data, draw their own conclusions and write everything themselves. They are not allowed to reproduce the work of another person as their own. In other words, the student must demonstrate that they have mastered the material they use in their writing. Academic articles are assigned as a way to test the students''s ability to find information processing and communication. Plagiarism defeats this purpose on all fronts.
Plagiarism can do serious damage to the educational standard is significant considering the responsibility conferred with a university degree. When University confers a diploma, it certified that a person has met certain standards and can be considered competent in their field. The University provides its graduates with the right to speak with authority on specific issues. This authority has societal consequences. A university degree in magazine people that works a person can be trusted. Individuals who obtain the qualification of fraud undermine the whole educational system and social trust. For example, governments may Blogs listened to the teacher of Harvard College when he was invited to give his expertise on a topic. If Professor blogging got his job and control of the domain, it must be able to give reliable advice. If Professor Blogs is a plagiarist, there is no cause to believe that the advice he gives are reliable. In fact, it may not yet understand the policies it promotes. As a consequence, policy makers that he recommends can make harmful acts to the detriment of society.
Thus, plagiarism has been greater than most people imagine the social consequences. In fact, plagiarists are like Enron executives, as everything goes well, they get away with their fraud. Nevertheless, when a crisis occurs, the problems they create are enormous.
Further Reading
Echo, Wilfried. Crisis on Campus: Confronting misconduct. Boston, MA: MIT Press, 2002, Hamilton, Neil W., academic ethics: Problems and materials on professional conduct and shared governance. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 2002 Mallon, Thomas. Forays into the origins and Ravages of Plagiarism: stolen words. New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989; Whitley Jr., E. Bernard and Patricia Keith-Spiegel. Dishonesty: An Educator's Guide. Hillsdale, NJ: LEA, Inc. 2001.
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