Plagiarism is the copying of another individual’s writings and ideas. Plagiarism is an idea that has been constructed by society. It revolves around society’s ideas of intellectual and private property. It is considered to be a form of cheating. Often times in elementary schools and high schools, plagiarism is discussed as bad but is not actually prevented. Teachers often do not detect plagiarism and even when they do, sometimes it is ignored. The student is then rewarded with a good grade, ingraining within the student that it is acceptable to plagiarize. Plagiarism affects the ways an individual develops as a person and as a writer.
Plagiarism is defined in the Encyclopedia Britannica Online as “the act of taking the writings of another person and passing them off as one's own”. In my own words I define it as the stealing of someone else’s literary work and taking credit for their writings. Sometimes it is done intentionally as an act of complete dishonesty. Someone may not want to exert the necessary effort required to research and write his or her own work. They assume it would be easier to just copy another author’s work. Another example of deliberate plagiarism is the buying or selling of papers, or hiring someone to write a paper. Most frequently, plagiarism occurs without the writer knowing that he or she is plagiarizing. Simply quoting an author without stating where the quote was taken from and citing the name of author is plagiarizing. If someone uses an authors style of writing and/ or word usage throughout his/her paper that is also considered plagiarism. Whether done intentionally or in error, plagiarism is a crime that can warrant serious penalties
Ethics is a difficult topic to discuss, because everyone sees it differently. Everyone has their own set of ethics. Plagiarism on the other hand is pretty set in stone. Plagiarism is plagiarism any way you look at it. It has serious consequences sometimes and shouldn’t be taken lightly, especially by professionals or college students.
Plagiarism is a distinguished sounding word. One would almost think that it sounds like some lofty philosophical ideal named for the great Greek teacher Plagiarus, something to be aspired to. This is not so. Plagiarism is in fact a moral misdemeanor, and an academic felony. By definition, plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." Socrates, Plato and Aristotle would have frowned on such a practice, and "Plagiarus" would have been kicked out of the academy. Such is the fate of many college students today.
Plagiarism is not a crime per se but in academia and industry it is a serious ethical offense,
To understand Socrates view on plagiarism, we must first understand the basis for what he considers moral. Morality, Socrates believes, is that which induces happiness and is in our best, long-term interest and that to live unpleasantly is immoral or evil (Plato 1956, pg.56). Furthermore, Socrates believes that we only are immoral out of ignorance for what is in our long-term best interest. Hence, immorality is due to a lack of knowledge. Thus, while ...
Plagiarism is a serious academic or professional offense that could, unfortunately, ruin one’s academic and professional success. A multitude of people within a student body may not understand the importance of plagiarism and the seriousness of this offense in one’s academic or professional life. As indicated by the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, the definition of “plagiarize”, is “to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own”, the definition also states to “use (another's production) without crediting the source” (“Plagiarizing”). There are several different types of plagiarism; however, each type is very serious. The Turnitin Plagiarism Spectrum is a beneficial website that explains ten different types of plagiarism
Black Law Dictionary say, “The dictionary defines plagiarism as “The act of appropriating the literary composition of another, or parts or passages of his writings, or the ideas or language of the same, and passing them off as the product of one’s own mind”. (Black). Several things are wrong with plagiarism. We have learned that you have to take ownership of your mistake after committing plagiarism. We learn the procedures and what the consequences are for plagiarism. People can get into serious trouble for plagiarizing someone else’s work.
Plagiarism is an illegal form of copying, it is when you take work that someone else has done and calling it your own. Plagiarism is illegal, and is unfair to the author who actually took the time to write it. Plagiarism, even if on accident is still stealing work from others. By plagiarizing you are not only hurting the people around you, but you are also hurting yourself because by plagiarizing you aren’t learning anything for yourself. People who plagiarize don’t only hurt themselves, they also hurt the people around them, like their classmates and the school they attend.
As children go through grade school, the issue of plagiarism isn’t even in the picture. All they are worry about is making sure they do their homework or read the book that is due the next day. Day in and day out plagiarism is allowed and children get in the habit of making it acceptable to copy someone else’s ideas or work for their own. It is not until they are older do they realize that what they were use to doing is illegal and completely wrong to do. They are then weaned off of their old habits and taught the correct ways to site someone else’s thoughts or ideas. This is often difficult for young adults to do, because they are forced to “break their old habits” and take on something completely different.
As stated by Heidi Smithson the two main reasons people plagiarize is because they don’t feel comfortable with their writing skills and they decide that they cannot do it and end up plagiarizing. Many of these people have either not had enough time to develop their writing skills, or they have come from other countries where there are different rules to writing that are have different definition of the word plagiarizing. The other reason Smithson gives is that most people and especially students plagiarize because they do not manage their time efficiently and they leave it to the last minute. If people are caught plagiarizing there are many consequences that they can face. Smithson’s paper says that if you are caught plagiarizing at school on an assignment then you could get a minor punishment as getting zero on the assignment up to getting expelled from the institution. If you are caught plagiarizing in the work place then you could get sued and fired from your job.
As stated before, one would become familiar with plagiarism in middle school, when a teacher assigns a student to write a paper. Mostly at that time it would be said, do not copy, or paste someone else words into your papers, use your own words. Or use citations in the paper. A student is told what the consequence of doing it, which is a failing grade. As a person gets further in their educational level, the use of plagiarism is more detailed and have different consequences of
Indeed, the ways and the consequences of plagiarism before and now are extremely differents. Before it was something almost unnoticed but nowadays that have great outcomes like not be able to earn a degree. And all this start in middle school and High School years, because teachers are not worried about their students work neither to teach them to develop their own way of thinking. Instead, they only worry about a perfect work/ essay without even know worried to learn they way of writing of each of their students. That’s why students are not learning how to be originals with their work, and they decide to use someone else’s ideas, and not give credits to the author. Because some High School teachers don’t teach their students how to use a resource, and rightly give credits to the authors. That’s why it is better to teach the students how not to plagiarize in High School because the consequences in the college of this crime have an adverse impact on the rest of our
Plagiarism is taking someone’s ideas, or writings, and using them as your own. In colleges all around the United States many students are being bombarded with so much work that they sometimes turn to plagiarism as a way to solve their problems. When a student is given a writing assignment they might have good intentions of doing it and not plagiarizing, but sometimes they get so overwhelmed with the assignment they begin to plagiarize.
Plagiarism is a very serious subject to talk about. It doesn’t sound like it is that big of a deal but very serious things can come out of it. Students could lose scholarships and get kicked out of school for something as simple as copying someone else’s work. Students should learn the rules and regulations of the school ,that they are attending, about plagiarism.[1] That’s basically what plagiarism is; copying someone else’s work.