Are You Stealing Intellectual Property?

Are You Stealing Intellectual Property?

• Are You Stealing Intellectual Property?

• Adapted from Instructor Theresa Ireton’s in-class presentation

Presenting another’s original thoughts or ideas as your own

• Presenting another’s original thoughts or ideas as your own

• Using another’s exact words without proper citation

Isolate the reasons why plagiarism occurs

• Isolate the reasons why plagiarism occurs

• Identify the different types of plagiarism

• Integrate plagiarism prevention

Paraphrasing poorly: changing a few words without changing the sentence structure of the original, or changing the sentence structure but not the words. 

• Paraphrasing poorly: changing a few words without changing the sentence structure of the original, or changing the sentence structure but not the words. 

• Quoting poorly:  putting quotation marks around part of a quotation but not around all of it, or putting quotation marks around a passage that is partly paraphrased and partly quoted.

• Citing poorly:  omitting an occasional citation or citing inaccurately.

• MLA handbook for writers of research papers. (7th ed.). The Modern Language Association of America. New York: 2009. Print.

Passing off as one’s own pre-written papers from the Internet or other sources.

• Passing off as one’s own pre-written papers from the Internet or other sources.

• Copying an essay or article from the Internet, on-line source, or electronic database without quoting or giving credit.

• Cutting and pasting from more than one source to create a paper without quoting or giving credit.

• Borrowing words or ideas from other students or sources without giving credit.

• MLA handbook for writers of research papers. (7th ed.). The Modern Language Association of America. New York: 2009. Print.

Develop a topic based on previously written material but write something new and original

• Develop a topic based on previously written material but write something new and original

• Rely on opinions of experts on a topic but improve upon those opinions

• Give credit to researchers while making your own contribution

• Follow a standard documentation method such as MLA or APA format

Plagiarism of Words

• Plagiarism of Words

• The use of another’s exact words without citing the author
• Incorrect
• Plagiarism is the reproduction of someone else’s words, ideas or findings and presenting them as one’s own without proper acknowledgement.
• Correct
• Plagiarism is the “reproduction of someone else’s words, ideas or findings and presenting them as one’s own without proper acknowledgement” (Undergraduate Course Handbook: 2008, p.24)

Plagiarism of Structure

• Plagiarism of Structure

• Paraphrasing another’s words by changing sentence construction or word choice with citation
• Paraphrasing while maintaining original sentence construction with acknowledging the source

Plagiarism of Ideas

• Plagiarism of Ideas

• Presenting another’s
• ideas as your own
• without giving the
• person credit
• Submitting a paper
• without citing or
• incorrectly citing
• another’s ideas

Plagiarism of Authorship

• Plagiarism of Authorship

• Turning in a
• replication of
• another’s work
• Submitting a paper
• that you got off the
• internet or from a
• friend and presenting
• it as your own

Plagiarism of Self

• Plagiarism of Self

• The use of previous work for a separate assignment
• Although these were you original words and thoughts, receiving credit for a previous assignment is considered cheating

Although plagiarism can be intentional or unintentional, both have consequences. A meeting with the VP of Students will be scheduled to determine an outcome

• Although plagiarism can be intentional or unintentional, both have consequences. A meeting with the VP of Students will be scheduled to determine an outcome

• Receiving zero on the assignment
• Failing the course
• Suspension
• Expulsion

Visit www.centralia.edu/academics/writingcenter/

• Visit www.centralia.edu/academics/writingcenter/

• or

• http://owl.waol.org/