This document outlines the consequences of plagiarism for students, academics, professionals, and legally. For students, plagiarism can result in having to attend workshops, failing courses, and suspension or expulsion. For academics and researchers, plagiarism can require notifying their institution and inquiries if federal funding was involved, potentially damaging their reputation. Professionals risk losing promotions, raises, or recommendations if they plagiarize at work. Legally, plagiarism may constitute copyright infringement and result in monetary penalties if sued.

1. CONSEQUENCES OF
PLAGIARISMDate published February 28, 20
by Lorenza Shabe

2. Consequences of plagiarism for students
•Having to attend a workshop on plagiarism
•Failing your course
•Facing disciplinary action
•Suspension or expulsion from your university

3. Consequences of plagiarism for
academics and researchers
• According to the Journal of the Advanced Practitioner in
Oncology,
A journal can require its authors to notify his or her home
institution of a plagiarism charge or publication infraction
(Benos et al., 2005). If federal funding was part of the
publication, an inquiryis required by statute; trials could be
held until the outcome is determined. (Viale, 2012)

4. Ruined reputation
• In one example, Chinese researchers attempted to
publish a plagiarized article to the Journal of Korean
Medical (JKMS). When they were caught , the
researchers were banned from submitting to the
journal for five years ( Hong, 2017).

5. Consequences of plagiarism for professionals
• Example of plagiarism by a U.S Senator
• In 2014, U.S Senator John Walsh was forced to withdraw from an
election when it was discovered that he plagiarized his final paper
while earning his master’s degree at the United States Army War
College (Martin, 2014)
• Eventually, after following its established procedures for investigating
academic misconduct , the war colle ge rescinded Walsh’s master
degree. The procedure included running walsh’s paper through a
plagiarism detection software (Martin, 2014).

6. Serious repercussions of plagiarism
• If you plagiarize at work, you will most likely lose any
possibility of a raise, promotion or even a positive
recommendation. While public figures and writers often bear
the most serious repercussions of plagiarism, this does not
mean that other professionals do not have to face strict
consequences at work.

7. Legal Consequences
• Copyright infringement
• - if you plagiarize , the author of the orinal text might
have legal grounds to sue you. If the author wins, you
will have to pay monetary restitutions. This is in
addition to any legal fees you may incur during the
process.

8. Sources:
• Hong, S.T (2017). Plagiarism continued to affect scholarly journals.
Journal of Korean Medical Science, 32 (2), 183-185.
http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2017.32.2
• Martin, J. (2014, October 10). Plagiarism Costs Degree for senator
John Walsh. Retreived from
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17.costs-degree-for-senator-
john-walsh.htm
• Viale, P.H(20120. Avoiding Plagiarism in Professional Writing.Journal
Of the Advanced Practitioner in Oncology,3(3), 134-135.

9. •THANK
YOU!!!!!!
• Prepared by:
• NORONISSAH P. RASCAL, RSW