a presentation on plagiarism

1. PLAGIARISM
BY GROUP 11

2. •At the end of this presentation, you will
be able to;
 Identify plagiarism
 Know the causes and effects (both
positive and negative)
 Reduce or Avoid plagiarism

3. • What is Plagiarism?
• From the Oxford dictionary, Plagiarism is presenting work or ideas from another
source as your own, with or without consent of the original author, by
incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgement.
• From Wikipedia, Plagiarism is the fraudulent representation of another person's
language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions as one's own original work.
• In other words Plagiarism simply means using someone else's work without
giving them proper credit
1. according to Merriam-Webster, to “plagiarize” means:
• to steal and pass off ( the ideas or words of another) as one’s own
• to use (another’s production) without crediting the source
• to commit literary theft

4. Below are some of the things you can plagiarize

5. CAUSES OR REASONS FOR
PLAGIARISM
There are different reasons why people (mostly students) plagiarize.
The following are some reasons why;
• Desire to get good grades
• Fear of failing
• Procrastination or poor time management
• Disinterest in the assignment
• Belief they will not get caught

6. CAUSES OR REASONS FOR PLAGIARISM
cont.
• To reduce workloads
None of these instances are acceptable reasons to plagiarize, cheat,
or commit other acts of academic dishonesty.

7. EFFECTS OF PLAGIARISM
• Plagiarism comes in two ways, namely;
1. Negative
2. Positive

9. NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF
PLAGIARISM
• Destroyed Student Reputation
Plagiarism allegations can cause a student to be suspended or
expelled. Their academic record can reflect the ethics offense,
possibly causing the student to be barred from entering college from
high school or another college. Schools, colleges, and universities
take plagiarism very seriously. Most educational institutions have
academic integrity committees who police students. Many schools
suspend students for their first violation

10. • Destroyed Professional Reputation
A professional business person, politician, or public figure may find
that the damage from plagiarism follows them for their entire career.
Not only will they likely be fired or asked to step down from their
present position, but they will surely find it difficult to obtain another
respectable job. Depending on the offense and the plagiarist’s public
stature, his or her name may become ruined, making any kind of
meaningful career impossible.

11. • Destroyed Academic Reputation
The consequences of plagiarism have been widely reported in the
world of academia. Once scarred with plagiarism allegations, an
academic’s career can be ruined. Publishing is an integral part of a
prestigious academic career. To lose the ability to publish most likely
means the end of an academic position and a destroyed reputation.

12. CONSEQUENCES OF PLAGIARISM
Consequences of mild, moderate, and severe plagiarism
Level of plagiarism Examples Likely consequence
Mild •Source cited in text but left out of
reference list
•Quotation marks omitted around
a quote
Grade penalty or automatic zero
Moderate •Text copied from a source with a
few words changed
•Source paraphrased without
citation
Failing grade on course
Severe •Patchwork of different texts
passed off as original
•Paper written by someone else
Academic probation or expulsion

13. POSITIVE EFFECTS OF PLAGIARISM
• When you copy content from someone without getting caught, you show
your skills and cleverness in doing that. The original author was obviously
crazy to do so much work for writing such useful content. He could have
copied content just like you and saved all the time and energy he wasted
on doing all the work
• You are getting paid for your work regardless of the quality of your
content so there is no reason why you should spend so much time
researching the topic and writing about it. You just pick the content from
someone and make it your own – it’s that easy.
• You get to do so much work without any pain. Just keep copying the
content from someone else’s work and pasting it into your own
documents. Keep delivering the completed tasks to your employer and
earn high salaries at the end of the month

14. IS PLAGIARISM IMPORTANT?
• Plagiarism constitutes a breach of academic integrity and
represents substandard scholarship. Plagiarism can have lasting
impact on the future career, regardless of whether it was intentional
or not. The responsibility to avoid plagiarism belongs with the
student or researcher.
• Bottom line, no matter who you are, plagiarizing takes away
trustworthiness. That’s why it is vital to understand how to avoid
plagiarism, whether you’re in academics or a business professional

15. HOW TO AVOID PLAGIARISM
• Start as soon as possible.
The first step to producing a well-written article or assignment is to start working on it as soon
as possible. If you keep procrastinating, then, in the end, the stress of the time crunch can lead
to careless mistakes, including accidental plagiarism.
• Keep track of ALL your sources.
While working on any project, keeping track of all your sources is vital. Keep track of all site
URLs, author’s name, page numbers, etc. Because once you’re done, it’s much easier to check
your work and ensure every reference you’ve used is listed and cited correctly

16. • Use a plagiarism checker.
After you’ve finished your work, the final step is to review and edit.
Consider scanning your work through an online plagiarism checker
tool as part of your editing process. Not only will this help produce
original work, but it’ll also give you peace of mind
• Start as soon as possible.
• The first step to producing a well-written article or assignment is to
start working on it as soon as possible. If you keep procrastinating,
then, in the end, the stress of the time crunch can lead to careless
mistakes, including accidental plagiarism

17. TYPES OF PLAGIARISM
• There are different types of plagiarism and all are serious violations
of academic honesty. We have defined the most common types
below
• Direct Plagiarism
Direct plagiarism is the word-for-word transcription of a section of
someone else’s work, without attribution and without quotation marks.
The deliberate plagiarism of someone else's work is unethical,
academically dishonest, and grounds for disciplinary actions,
including expulsion

18. • Self Plagiarism
Self-plagiarism occurs when a student submits his or her own previous
work, or mixes parts of previous works, without permission
from all professors involved. For example, it would be unacceptable to
incorporate part of a term paper you wrote in high school into a paper
assigned in a college course. Self-plagiarism also applies to submitting the
same piece of work for assignments in different classes without previous
permission from both professors
• Mosaic Plagiarism
Mosaic Plagiarism occurs when a student borrows phrases from a source
without using quotation marks, or finds synonyms for the author’s language
while keeping to the same general structure and meaning of the original.
Sometimes called “patch writing,” this kind of paraphrasing, whether
intentional or not, is academically dishonest and punishable – even if you
footnote your source

19. TYPES OF PLAGIARISM cont.
• Accidental Plagiarism
Accidental plagiarism occurs when a person neglects to cite their
sources, or misquotes their sources, or unintentionally paraphrases a
source by using similar words, groups of words, and/or sentence
structure without attribution.

20. THANK YOU

21. LIST OF MEMBERS
• SAKYI EDWARD
• MARCUS MAGNUS-GEORGE
• KENNETH OPOKU MENSAH
• METOGNON GEDEON
• SIKIRA MOHAMMED NASIR
• GODSWAY NYAMEKYE FIANYO
• KEN VANDERPUIJE