What is Plagiarism?

Based on the Oxford dictionary plagiarism is the practice of taking someones work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own. Plagiarism is a crime, just like stealing and fraud. Many universities do not have strong penalties, either a student is expelled or suspended. Plagiarism in the real world is different and you can see up to ten years in prison based on the amount of work is plagiarized.

There are four types of Plagiarism. This was stated by Annakay Aitken and I do agrees this her but this is my take on each

1.  Direct plagiarism – not citing some one else work
2. Self-plagiarism – using a previous assignment
3. Mosaic plagiarism – using some one else work with out quoting the information
4. Accidental plagiarism – forgetting to give credit where a writer should or not paraphrasing the information

Why plagiarism is bad?

1. Destroyed Student ReputationThis will cause a student to be expelled or suspended. As a student you do not want this on your record at your college or university.
2. Destroyed Professional ReputationA professional person plagiarism can cost them there career.This may cause you not to be able to get a good job again especially in the public eyes. Politician, writers, journalist have to be very careful when it comes to plagiarism.
3. Legal RepercussionsCoping another person information in a research, publishing or using the information with out citation is a crimal offence. Plagiarism can also be considered a felony under certain state and federal laws.

For example, if a plagiarist copies and earns more than $2,500 from copyrighted material, he or she may face up to $250,000 in fines and up to ten years in jail. Creutz .C (2010, June 23) How to prevent Plagiarism, Demand Media Inc. (NYSE: DMD) is a leading content and social media company that informs, entertains and connects millions of people every day.

Demand Media not only has the highest level of plagiarism detection on the market today, but they have also made a significant investment in new, custom technology that puts their plagiarism detection system well ahead of that used by any other publisher. Creutz. Robert(2011, Jan 27)

Seven ways to prevent Plagiarism.

1. ParaphrasingThis is reading the information and writing it you own words
2. CitingWhen coping using someone’s research information from web sites, books, or articles etc you should refer to the author, website this will allow the reader to know that the information in from that author
3. ReferencingReferencing is citing source that you receive information from
4. QuotingWhen repeating or coping words or speech either written or spoken by another person it should be quoted.Example “Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.” – Walter Colton Source: FamousQuotesandauthors.com
5. Be informedOne of the most importance way to prevent plagiarism is to information student about what is plagiarism, how to prevent it plagiarism and the penalties plagiarism. Before this topic I was aware of plagiarism but I did not know it was should a serious issues.
6. Do not write blind.When doing a research where you have to quote or use other people information , it is a good idea to make sure all quotes are check before putting in your paper. Do not submit this information with out checking citation and quotes.
7. Use Plagiarism Checkers online

There are several plagiarism checkers online, you can use to make sure your work is cited and referenced properly,one of such sites is https://www.aresearchguide.com/plagiarism-checker.html

Reference

• 6 Ways tp Avoid Plagiarism in Research PapersTurnitin, LLC (2017)http://en.writecheck.com/ways-to-avoid-plagiarism/
• Demand Media Leads Publishing in Plagiarism Detection and Prevention Creutz. Robert (2011, Jan 27)http://www.ithenticate.com/plagiarism-detection-blog/bid/52940/
• Demand-Media-Leads-Publishing-in-Plagiarism-Detection-and-Prevention#.WqI0bujwbIU Plagiarism PunishmentRobert Creutz on Jun 23, 2010 2:37:00 PMhttp://www.ithenticate.com/plagiarism-detection-blog/bid/52974/
• Plagiarism-Punishment#.WqEfGXBOmaM 5 Biggest Plagiarism Stories of 2016Jonathan Bailey – January 20, 2016http://www.ithenticate.com/plagiarism-detection-blog/bid/52974/Plagiarism-Punishment#.
• WqEfGXBOmaM http://www.ithenticate.com/resources/6-consequences-of-plagiarism Oxford University Press (2018)https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/plagiarism