A bank clerk who takes $100,000 for one account is clearly likely to be caught fairly quickly. First, however, it is necessary to remind readers that the successful academic plagiarist is like the undetected embezzler. How this definition works in practice is explained below. Continuous paraphrasing without serious interaction with another person's views, by way or argument or the addition of new material land insights, is a form of plagiarism in academic work. Academic plagiarism occurs when a writer repeatedly uses more than four words from a printed source without the use of quotation marks and a precise reference to the original source in a work presented as the author's own research and scholarship. Plagiarism is the deliberate attempt to deceive the reader through the appropriation and representation as one's own the work and words of others. To help clarify the situation the following definition is proposed: Therefore, it is important to provide clear examples of what counts as plagiarism. Unfortunately, while there are some good books on plagiarism generally, such as Thomas Mallon's Stolen Words: Forays into the Origins and Ravages of Plagiarism (New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1989), very little has been written about academic plagiarism. The problem is that while some people are genuinely confused, many have a vested interest in muddying the waters because plagiarism can be a very profitable business that can lead to employment, promotion and regular salary increases all at the taxpayer's expense costing millions of dollars every year. All of this seems straightforward enough, but, experience teaches that both students, and many faculty, are very apt at excusing misdemeanors. Hence the common definition of plagiarism is theft. under circumstances which involve a breach of trust to pilfer, filtch Ī petty thief, a pilferer. To make away with, misappropriate, or take dishonestly to steal, esp. ( COED 1971:2192)Īccording to the same dictionary, to purloin means:Ģ. A purloined idea, design, passage, or work. The action or practice of plagiarizing the wrongful appropriation or purloining, and publication as one's own, of the ideas, or the expression of ideas (literary, artistic, musical, mechanical, etc.) of another.Ģ. The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary ( COED) says that plagiarism is:ġ. The following paper attempts to identify plagiarism and show how plagiarists weave their web of deception.ĭefining plagiarism is actually fairly easy. Consequently, what must be identified are patterns of behavior, repetitive practices, and clear indications of an attempt to deceive. It cannot be stressed enough that everyone makes a few mistakes and that genuine cases of similar use may occur. Nevertheless, care must be taken whenever one suspects a writer of plagiarism. Therefore, plagiarism must be prevented at all levels of academic life from student papers to academic books. How else do professors decide between a good and a bad student, evaluate a candidate for an academic position, or grant promotion to a fellow faculty member, if not on the basis of the belief that their written work is actually their own work? The practice of plagiarism is a form of academic high treason because it undermines the entire scholarly enterprise. To date no one has measured the extent of plagiarism among established academics although the indications are that between 10% and 15% of books and theses in the Humanities and Social Sciences contain unacceptable levels of plagiarized material ( Daily Lobo, Kansas City Star, "Internet plagiarism is a growing concern" because although only "10% of students admitted to engaging in such behavior in 1999, almost 40%" admitted to it in 2005" (CAI 2005). For example in a recent article published by theĬenter for Academic Integrity (CAI), Professor Don McCabe claims that "On most campuses, 70% of students admit to some cheating" while Numerous studies show that plagiarism and other types of academic fraud is increasing among undergraduate students. How serious a problem is academic plagiarism?
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