All About Plagiarism
What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism is presenting another author's work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by using it in your work without full acknowledgement. Plagiarism can be intended or accidental, the consequences are the same. Plagiarism can happen in manuscript or digitally, published or not. It is important to learn how you can avoid plagiarism in future references, since we plagiarize uncounciosuly at times.
Plagiarism can include:
- Paraphrasing: In plagiarism, this happens when someone changes a few words or their order following the same idea.
- Collusion: This may include unauthorized collaboration between students. For example, when students turn in work who was partially done by another student when said not to.
- Inaccurate citation: While it is important to cite your sources, sometimes people cite their sources incorrectly or inaccurately. It's important to cite where you obtained the information.
- Word for Word Plagiarism: Also known as Verbatim, this occurs when you copy all the text word for word without proper quotations.- Auto-Plagiarism: You shouldn't submit or use work you've already handed in. You can use information from it if you cite it clearly.
What's the difference between accidental and intentional plagiarism?
Accidental plagiarism might happen when you forget certain citation details. On the other hand, some people genuinely don't care about the consequences of plagiarism. They don't cite their sources, don't even try to make it seem like it was their work. Nonetheless, the penalties still stand for both cases.
What are the penalties for Plagiarism?
Believe it or not, plagiarism really is a big deal, especially in college. Some consequences of plagiarism are:
- Destroyed Student and/or Professional repuation
- Monetary Penalties
- Legal Penalties
- Expulsion
- Suspension
How does Saint Francis School punish plagiarism?
Plagiarism in the school system is a very common thing, that doesn't make it any good though. In our school, if your work is recognized as plagiarism, you will get an automatic score of 0. In the worst cases, this will lead you to suspension and even explusion.
Plagiarism is a very common problem, so we have to take action for it. Make sure to cite your sources properly and teach others how to do so.
By: Gabriela C. Calderón Ramos
Sources:
https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/academic/guidance/skills/plagiarism
https://www.ithenticate.com/resources/6-consequences-of-plagiarism
