Academic Research and the Ethics of Writing Workshop discussing self-plagiarism.

1. Rhetorical Recycling:
When Can You Use Your
Ideas and Writing for
More than One Class?
Valarie Anthony, M.Ed, MLIS
Ivy Y. Brannen, MLS

2. What is Rhetoric?
• Rhetoric is the study of effective
speaking and writing.
• The art of persuasion.

3. What does rhetoric do for students?
Rhetoric teaches students
1. To perceive how language is at work orally
and in writing.
2. To become proficient in applying the
resources of language in their own speaking
and writing.

4. Think Rhetorically
• Who is speaking (who is the author?)
• To whom (audience?)
• About what (content)?
• To what end (purpose?)

5. What is Rhetorical Recycling?

6. What is Rhetorical Recycling?
Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9oF8UmK4is

7. Rhetorical Recycling is also
known as …
• Self-Plagiarism
• Multiple Submissions
• Academic Dishonesty
• Academic Recycling
• Duplicate Publication

8. Why do students self-plagiarize?
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2011/09/07/self-plagiarism-ethical-shortcut-or-moral-scourge/

9. Reasons Why Students Self-
Plagiarize
• Busy
• Deadline for submission
• The requirements for your assignment are similar to
another assignment you’ve completed for another class.
• You worked hard on that paper and do not want that
hard work to go to waste.
• “It’s my own work, it’s not plagiarizing!”
• “What my professor doesn’t know won’t hurt them!”
• “My professor didn’t say I couldn’t use the same paper!”

10. The Big Debate: What’s wrong with
self-plagiarism?
• Unethical
• Dishonest
• Cheating
• Unfair

11. So EASY to be Caught…
Simple Web Search
• Few words in google.com often pull up entire
plagiarized source
Plagiarism Detection Software
• Turnitin
• Write Check
• iThenticate
Same papers/articles/photos/etc keep showing
up! Your professors and the public will notice!

12. So…what happens @ SSU?
• All cases of detected academic dishonesty will be reported by
the faculty to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
• Plagiarism or cheating in any academic work will result in a
recorded grade of "F" for that work.
• A second offense during the course of a student's academic
career at Savannah State will result in an "F" for the course in
which the academic dishonesty has occurred. In addition,
students who have committed a second offense of academic
dishonesty during their academic career at Savannah State will
be placed on academic probation for a minimum of one
semester.
• A third incidence of academic dishonesty during a student's
career at Savannah State will result in immediate dismissal
from the University.
• Visit savannahstate.edu/academic-affairs/academic-policies.
shtml to view SSU’s policy on Academic Honesty.

13. When is it ok to use my own ideas and
writing for more than one class?
• Submitting the same
paper, or a large portion
of a paper, to two
different courses is
entirely acceptable if the
instructors of both
courses were informed
by the student of the
double submission, and
if both agreed to the
arrangement. However,
some institutions have
specific policies
prohibiting this practice.

14. Self Plagiarism Resources
• Plagiarism LibGuide
• Academic Research and the Ethics of Writing LibGuide
• Plagiarism: What’s the Big Deal?
• Plagiarism: How to Avoid It
• Avoiding plagiarism, self-plagiarism, and other questionable
writing practices: A guide to ethical writing A module created
with funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human
Services’ Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
• Plagiarism.org Plagiarism.org is a free resource
sponsored by iParadigms LLC, makers of Turnitin,
WriteCheck, and iThenticate.
• The Ethics of Self-plagiarism iThenticate's paper offers a
clear definition of self-plagiarism and how authors and
publishers can avoid this issue and the costly retractions
associated it.

15. Workshop Series:

16. References
• Academic Research and the Ethics of Writing:
Plagiarism: What’s the Big Deal?
http://savannahstate.libguides.com/content.php?pi
d=621143&sid=5136289
• The Rock Ethics Institute. (2009, June 30). Self
Plagiarism. [Video file]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9oF8UmK4is.

17. Questions? Comments?
Valarie Anthony
anthonyv@savannahstate.edu
Ivy Brannen
branneni@savannahstate.edu