May 05 2009
Are You a Plagiarist?
Plagiarism is theft or stealing someone else’s work. Plagiarists can lose their jobs, fail their courses, or be kicked out of universities. The person who is being plagiarized may sue the plagiarist in a civil court. If you answer “yes” to some or all of the questions, then you are guilty of academic dishonesty, cheating, theft, plagiarism, and copying without the other person’s permission.
1 Do you submit a piece of writing and pretend that it is your own work?
2 Do you submit photos and pretend they are yours?
3 Do you cut and paste articles from another website into your website?
4 Do you present someone else’s ideas and pretend that they are yours?
5 Do you write ”copyright” at the end of your work when it is someone else’s work?
6 Does your work follow the arrangement or organization of someone else’s work?
7 Do you fail to add sources at the end of your work when you have taken the ideas from someone else?
8 Do you make a PowerPoint presentation by cutting and pasting work from someone else’s website?
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism
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