Academic Dishonesty

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Academic Dishonesty Plagiarism

• BUS 302
• The Gateway Experience

Adapted from the University of Alberta in
Canada, http//www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/TIE/quiz.cf
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Academic Dishonesty

• Cheating
• Intentionally using or attempting to use
  unauthorized materials, information, or study
  aids in any academic exercise
• Fabrication
• Intentional falsification or invention of any
  information or citation in an academic exercise
• Facilitating academic dishonesty
• Intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting
  to help another to commit an act of academic
  dishonesty
• Plagiarism

Source CSUN 2006-2008 Catalog, pp. 537-538
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What Is Plagiarism?

• Use of anothers work without giving credit
• Intentionally or knowingly representing the
  words, ideas, or work of another as ones own in
  any academic exercise (CSUN 2008-2010 Catalog,
  p. 587-589)

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The Spectrum of Offenses
Possibly UnintentionalPlagiarism
DeliberatePlagiarism
Using a source too closely when paraphrasing
Building on someones ideas without citation
Copying from another source without citing (on
purpose or by accident)
Hiring someone to write your paper
Buying, stealing, or borrowing a paper
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Proper Citation

• Know what to cite
• Keep track of original sources
• Be careful of cut and paste online research
• There are no freebies
• Beware of common knowledge
• Know how to cite
• Provide enough information so we can find the
  original source
• Use an accepted standard such as APA or MLA
• Use your own words and ideas
• If you repeat anothers exact words, you must use
  quotation marks and cite the source.
• Avoid using others work with minor cosmetic
  changes.

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Proper Citation contd

• Know when to cite
• Direct quotations
• Paraphrased ideas
• Facts or information that isnt common knowledge
• When in doubt, you must cite

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Deciding When To Give Credit Examples
Below are some situations in which writers need
to decide whether or not they are running the
risk of plagiarizing. Indicate if you would need
to document (Yes), or if it is not necessary to
provide quotation marks or a citation (No). If
you do need to give the source credit in some
way, explain how you would handle it. If not,
explain why.
1 You are writing new insights about your own experiences.
2 You are using an editorial from your schools newspaper with which you disagree.
3 You use some information from a source without ever quoting it directly.
4 You have no other way of expressing the exact meaning of a text without using the original source verbatim.
5 You mention that many people in your discipline belong to a certain organization.
6 You want to begin your paper with a story that one of your classmates told about her experience in Bosnia.
7 The quote you want to use is too long, so you leave out a couple of phrases.
8 You really like the particular phrase somebody else made up, so you use it.
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Plagiarism in Teams

• Team Assignments
• All members of team are responsible for accuracy
  and honesty of team work
• Keep track of your own research and contributions
  to the team
• Proofread for each other
• Read the paper before it is handed in
• Study Groups
• When working together on individual assignments,
  hand in your own words/answers
• Dont give others your written answers, discuss
  how you got your solutions

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Avoiding Plagiarism

• Manage your time
• Keep track of your sources
• Distinguish your ideas from the ideas in other
  sources
• Be careful when working with others
• Think of the consequences