skills for study 1 and 2 Flashcards
why are assets beneficial to an organisation?
they give value and add a competitive advantage
can you name 5 types of intellectual property?
patents
copyright
confidential info
trade marks
design rights
which intellectual property is most important for academic work?
copyright
why is copyright important for academic work?
Copyright is important as it helps to protect the value of an author/academic/researchers work, by giving the originator of the work the ability to protect it from unlicensed or uncredited usage.
what is plagiarism?
using the work of others without acknowledging your source of information or aspiration
name 3 examples of plaigarism
using words more or less exactly as they are used in articles, lectures, books, TV etc
using others theories without naming them
paraphrasing what you read or hear without stating where it came from
name 2 other forms of cheating
copying and colluding
what is copying?
using someone else’s work and pretending its our own
what is colluding?
working together for mutual benefit but with the intention to deceive a third party
what are ethics?
acting with integrity ad fairness eg upholding scholarly principles and not cheating. Doing whats morally right
what happens if you want to reference something and theres more than 2 authors?
you use et al. which is written in italics with a . at the end
what do you need to do when referencing a direct quote?
add a page number
does the full stop come before or after the brackets?
it comes after
what does Veritate mean?
seeking the truth by scholarship
What does Scientia mean?
acquiring wisdom through experience
