1. Freshman Composition II Instructor A. Lee
Ethics of Plagiarism
Freshman Composition II
Instructor A. Lee

2. What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism- means using another person’s idea as your own without properly citing or crediting the source.
“lip-synching to someone else’s voice and accepting the applause and rewards for yourself”
Owl Online Writing Lab. “Writing a Research Paper.” Purdue University. 2002

3. Type I Plagiarism Fraudulently taking credit for someone else’s work
Putting your name on someone else’s paper and turning it in as your own
Buying paper from “papermills” and other Websites
Using a friend’s paper
Reusing a paper from another course

4. Type II Plagiarism
Copying and pasting from different sources and creating a “collage” with others’ ideas.
(aka “patchwriting”)
Internet Sources
Styles clash (very easy to detect)
Research notes rather than research paper
College writing requires more work than producing a collage of ideas.

5. Type III Plagiarism Improper use of paraphrase or summary
Copying a passage and substituting new words in the same sentence structure
Keeping the same words, but reorganizing sentential structure
Solution: read the material carefully, place it aside, and rewrite the idea in your own words.

6. Students’ Responses I didn’t know I was plagiarizing…
I didn’t think I could do a good job on my own…
I didn’t have time…
I was under a lot of pressure…
Many of my friends got away with it…
(Commonly used, yet rarely works)

7. So How Can I get Caught? Instructors know how plagiarism is done
Instructors know you and your writing style
Instructors are content experts and have read widely
There are many programs available to detect plagiarism
Instructors are trained in reading and writing.

8. Intellectual Property
Ideas belong to someone as a form of property
People create patents and copyrights, go to court, and go to all sorts of measures to protect their right to consider their ideas, inventions and thoughts as property (from Envision in Depth)

9. As you enter an academic discourse…
Remember that claims you are able to make are based on the foundation provided by others
Remember that you are making contributions to a body of knowledge that has existed before you stepped into the dialogue as a researcher.

10. How to Avoid Plagiarism
Start early. Avoid Procrastination.
Know how to document sources (MLA/ APA)
Document all ideas that are not commonly shared.
Keep accurate notes on all sources of information, including Internet sources.
Use quotation marks around any passages that are in the exact words of the source.
When paraphrasing, change both the sentence structure and the words.

11. How to Avoid Unintentional Plagiarism
Know how to integrate sources
Know when to cite, paraphrase, and summarize (refer to lecture notes)
Say to yourself, “I speak my part, I refer to another person’s view, and I provide a citation of the statement”
Think of yourself as a moderator having a conversation with an entire room of people while introducing each person in turn.

12. Consequences of Plagiarism for CSU’s
Reported to Judicial Affairs
1st Offense: Probation for one year
2nd Offense: Suspended for at least two quarters from all CSU campuses. Name permanently filed for academic dishonesty
3rd or more: End of your College Career
Permanent disgrace to your academic records and integrity.

13. Logics of MLA Style (Part I)
Author’s Name
List the Author’s name first, using last name first
If there are multiple authors, include them all, following the order listed on the publication
If there is no author, list the citation according to the title instead.

14. Logics MLA Style (Part II)
Title of Work
Underline or italicize the title for books and films.
For Shorter titles (ie articles, TV shows, songs, interviews), put the title in quotation marks with the larger publication (the collection of essays, TV series, album) underlined or italicized

15. Logics of MLA Style (III)
Publication
Last comes publication information: place, publisher, company and date. For shorter pieces, include the complete range of page numbers (for the article)
Include URLs or online sources
Include the date of access

16. For Visual and Multimedia Sources (MLA Style)
Author or organization
Title of the image, film, ad, TV series, document
If part of a collection, title of collection
Place of publication and publisher
Date of publication
Date of access for online sources
Name of database for online article
Full URL for online source (not just google or the search engine)