Plagiarism

 

Let's start today's blog with little light on What is Plagiarism ?

Plagiarism is presenting someone else's work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgment.

Plagiarism is the fraudulent representation of another person's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work. While precise definitions vary, depending on the institution, such representations are generally considered to violate academic integrity and journalistic ethics as well as social norms of learning, teaching, research, fairness, respect and responsibility in many cultures. It is subject to sanctions such as penalties, suspension, expulsion from school or work, substantial fines and even imprisonment.

As given in our blog task here is my response to the question...

1) What is Plagiarism and what are its consequences?

Plagiarism is sometimes a moral and ethical offense rather than a legal one since some instances of plagiarism fall outside the Scope of copyright infringement, a legal offense.

Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement. All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed or electronic form, is covered under this definition. - Oxford

Consequences of Plagiarism :

In this let us see the various consequences of plagiarism. That how people have to suffer after they do plagiarism knowingly or unknowingly. Research has the power to affect opinions and actions, responsible writers compose their work with great care. They specify when they refer to another author's ideas, facts, and words, whether they want to agree with, object to, or analyze the source. This kind of documentation not only recognizes the work writers do; it also tends to discourage the circulation of error, by inviting readers to determine for themselves whether a reference to another text presents a reasonable account of what that text says.

The charge of plagiarism is a serious one for all writers. Plagiarists are often seen as incompetent-incapable of developing and express- ing their own thoughts-or, worse, dishonest, willing to deceive others for personal gain. When professional writers, such as journalists, are exposed as plagiarists, they are likely to lose their jobs, and they are certain to suffer public embarrassment and loss of prestige. Almost always, the course of a writer's career is permanently affected by a single act of plagiarism. The serious consequences of plagiarism re- flect the value the public places on trustworthy information.

Students exposed as plagiarists may suffer severe penalties, rang- ing from failure in the assignment or in the course to expulsion from school. This is because student plagiarism does considerable harm

Plagiarism betrays the personal element in writing as well. Discussing the history of copyright, Mark Rose notes the tie between our writing and our sense of self-a tie that, he believes, influenced the idea that a piece of writing could belong to the person who wrote it. Rose says that our sense of ownership of the words we write "is deeply rooted in our conception of ourselves as individuals with at least a modest grade of singularity, some degree of personality" (Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright. Gaining skills as a writer opens the door to learning more about yourself and developing a personal voice and approach in your writing. It is essential for all student writers to understand how to avoid committing plagiarism.

Why Academic Integrity is necessary? Write your views.

What is academic integrity?

Academic integrity is: 'the expectation that teachers, students, researchers and all members of the academic community act with honesty, trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility. '

Academic Integrity defines as a commitment to five fundamental values

Honesty is a necessary foundation of teaching, learning, research, and service, and a prerequisite for the full realization of trust, fairness, respect, and responsibility.

Trust in other people and in our community strengthens our working relationships and is built on a foundation of actions more important than words.

Fair treatment is an essential factor in the establishment of ethical communities. Important components of fairness include predictability, transparency, and clear, reasonable expectations.

Respect, scholarly communities succeed only where there is respect for community members and for the diverse and sometimes contradictory opinions that they express.

Responsibility for upholding the values of integrity is simultaneously an individual duty and a shared concern. Every member of an academic community - each student, faculty member, and research scholar responsible for safeguarding the integrity of its scholarship, teaching, and research.

Apart from these five, the sixth value that can be added is: Courage requires translating the values from talking points into action - standing up for them in the face of pressure and adversity. Courage is the capacity to act without fear.

Academic Integrity is important and necessary because when we do not insist to practice it in our work then our way will lead towards plagiarism. And after that the consequences one has to face in all ways. People always examine the ethical level and moral levels by academic integrity.