Plagiarism

Question 1

Plagiarism definitions

Answer 1

‘‘The appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without
giving appropriate credit’’

‘‘someone using someone else’s intellectual product (such as texts, ideas, or results), thereby implying that it is their own’’

Question 2

Key aspects- plagiarism

Answer 2

Intelectual Product
From someone else
As it is your own (without credit)
Regardless if it is intentional or not
Regardless if it is verbatim or not
Not includes self-plagiarism

Question 3

Public domain

Answer 3

‘‘Plagiarism occurs when someone poses as the originator of words he did not write, ideas he did not conceive, or facts he did not discover. Although you cannot be sued for plagiarizing a public domain work, doing so can result in serious professional and personal penalties. For example, in the case of college professors and journalists, it may result in termination; for students, it could lead to expulsion; if done by well-known historians, it can result in public humiliation.’’

Question 4

What is public domain?

Answer 4

‘‘Copyright in a work in Europe lasts for 70 years after the death of its longest living creator. If copyright is held by a corporation, then it lasts for 70 years after publication. Once this temporary protection has come to its end, the work will fall into public domain.’’

Question 5

It is plagiarism regardless of…

Answer 5

• The scientific merit to be gained from the publication
• The locus of the plagiarism (for instance, a published paper, a student essay, a summary of a doctoral thesis, or an oral presentation at a seminar)
• Who is plagiarised
• The intended audience or purpose of the plagiarising work as compared to the original

Question 6

To punish plagiarism, you look at:

Answer 6

• The value of that which is appropriated
• The manner in which the plagiarism is performed
• The degree of harm to the plagiarised person(s)
• The degree of personal gain to the offender(s)
• Whether the plagiarism is intentional or not

Question 7

Forms of Academic Dishonesty

Answer 7

Cheating
Plagiarism
Fabrication or falsification
Sabotage