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    author. There are different ways to define plagiarism for instance‚ In Webster’s New World Thesaurus plagiarism is defined as “literary theft‚ falsification‚ counterfeiting‚ piracy and fraud. Other sources or people define plagiarism as “using others’ ideas and words without clearly acknowledging the source of that information. In some colleges in United States plagiarism is defined with the term of "academic misconduct". There are three types of plagiarism; such as Lifting the words right from the

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    Avoiding Plagiarism by Citing Sources Executive Summary The purpose of this guideline is to assist students in the practice of citing sources in order to avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s ideas and/or words as your own work. It is acceptable practice to use someone else’s ideas and/or words to strengthen your own argument; however‚ you must provide proper citation to the original source of the words and/or ideas. Plagiarism is a serious academic infraction and the

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    The hidden side of academic plagiarism             In the paper "Anorexia The Cheating Disorder‚" Richard Murphy argues that less known yet more troublesome aspect of plagiarism is the undermining effect that it has on the relationship between a professor and his students. This rapport that initially was considered one of  trust and teamwork‚ becomes one of hunter/prey‚ where he and the students become opponents‚ no longer working towards a common goal. Murphy reveals his emotional struggle when

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    Plagiarism can be as simple as asking to copy a friend’s answer on a graded response‚ to as serious as cutting and pasting an entire article into a word document and signing your name on it. Plagiarism is the act of taking the ideas or work that belongs to someone else and using them as your own. Earlier this week we all read an article about a high school called Piper High. 28 out of 118 sophomores of the school had been caught plagiarizing and were given zeros on their project as well as possibly

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    grade. In high school‚ most of the students are more preoccupied on socializing than in acquiring an education and cheating is common among students. Cheating and plagiarism among students have increased during the years and a high percentage of people have admitted that they cheated in some point of their high school. Cheating and plagiarism only harm the student. However‚ the teachers should do more on this issue. In my own experience‚ when I attended high school‚ teachers did not failed students who

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    Inspiration or Plagiarism: The Gettysburg Address Throughout the progression of mankind one thing has virtually been a way to both settle problems and bring a nation together and that is war. When there is war‚ death usually is not too far behind‚ and when there are deaths there are funerals. One hundred fifty two years ago‚ Abraham Lincoln devised a speech known as the “Gettysburg Address.” After comparing the speech to “Pericles Funeral Oration”‚ one can infer that they are similar to each other

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    Plagiarism means presenting someone else’s work as your own. Using material from outside sources is a good and important part of research; however‚ you must cite and quote the source material‚ otherwise it is considered plagiarism‚ even if it is not intentional. Quoting means placing the outside source material in quotation marks. " " Citing means telling the reader who wrote this material and where you read it. Then you are supposed to write your own analysis of the material‚ using your own

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    Hafa Adai Professor Peralta‚ Attached is the plagiarism checker and below is my analysis for assignment 17: After taking a team management quiz‚ there was a section at the end saying "You’re on your way to becoming a good manager" (No Author Given). This means that there are some traits needed in order to further improve the ability of managing and working with others in a team-based environment. According to the score interpretation section after taking the quiz‚ there are some skills

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    93 17p. Information Analyses (070) IDENTIFIERS MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. *Cheating; Codes of Ethics; College Administration; College Faculty; College Students; Discipline Policy; Discipline Problems; *Educational Trends; *Higher Education; Plagiarism; School Policy; Student Attitudes *Academic Misconduct ABSTRACT This monograph addresses some common questions about academic dishonesty in higher education and reviews issues affecting these institutions in light of existing research. The

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    Instructor: Institution: Date: Plagiarism Plagiarism can be defined as the misappropriation of other people works‚ words or ideas and presenting them as your original work (http://plagiarism.org).Plagiarism has been on the rise in recent times especially in institutions of learning. As a result of this‚ plagiarism is now considered an immoral act as it is an academic dishonesty and as result stern action are taken on students who engage in plagiarism. The reason why it is regarded as an academic

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