Transcript The Seven Deadly Sins of Plagiarism

The Seven Deadly Sins of
Plagiarism
Working Honestly
at
Dickinson College
Why are we doing this?
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To help you succeed in doing college
level research and writing
To introduce guidelines for citing
sources properly
To present Dickinson’s policy on
plagiarism
To provide sources for help
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What is plagiarism?
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Using unauthorized notes during exams.
Collaborating on an assignment when you’ve
been instructed to work independently.
Presenting someone else’s work as your own.
Copying someone’s answers during a test.
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At some point in my academic
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What you should do…
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Always give credit to others’ work &
ideas.
Acknowledge your source even if only
quoted briefly in your paper.
Follow proper rules for citing.
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If I didn’t plagiarize on purpose,
I won’t be found responsible.
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DEADLY SIN #1:
Failure to give proper
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
Plagiarizing toward a Pulitzer
Doris Kearns Goodwin: Harvard graduate,
history professor, prolific author, Pulitzer Prize
winner.
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Her book The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys
(1987) was found to contain up to 100 pages
of material copied from another book.
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Her defense was “the copying was
accidental” (i.e., she didn’t do it on purpose).
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Doris Kearns Goodwin
Consequences of Her Actions
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A lawsuit was filed and resulted in an
undisclosed payment and substantial
revisions to Goodwin’s book.
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Resigned from the Pulitzer board.
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Lost speaking engagements.
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In interviews fifteen years later, she
was still defending her actions.
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Information copied from the
Internet must be cited.
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DEADLY SIN #2:
Copying material from the
internet without citing it
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Example: Giving Proper Credit
According to the U.S.
Bureau of Transportation’s
website, airline
passengers in 2003
attempted to bring more
than six million illegal
weapons of various types
onto passenger flights.6
Even though new
regulations went into effect
after the events of
September 11, 2001…
2002
Enplanements
(thousands)
2003
574,859
593,974
3,775,345
6,114,612
927
683
1,036,697
1,961,849
32,788
20,991
1,846,207
2,973,413
Clubs
11,131
25,139
Incendiaries
79,341
494,123
768,254
638,414
Total items
Firearms
Knives
Box cutters
Other cutting
instruments
Other
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
http://www.bts.gov
Table 2-16b: Prohibited Items Intercepted at Airport
Screening Checkpoints
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The following examples are taken
from this article:
Meyer, J. M. 2006. “Another
Inconvenient Truth.” Dissent 53
(4): 95-96.
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Plagiarism or not?
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Ironically, by being in the wonkiest
context imaginable, he comes across as
passionate, sincere, and likable.
Student’s Use
of Information
Gore’s presentation on a stage before
an academic audience is the wonkiest
context imaginable.
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Plagiarism or not?
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DEADLY SIN #3:
Failure to cite even a
few words of borrowed
language
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How do we fix this?
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Ironically, by being in the wonkiest
context imaginable, he comes across as
passionate, sincere, and likable.
Student’s Use
of Information
Gore’s presentation on a stage before an
academic audience is in the wonkiest
context imaginable.
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How do we fix this?
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Ironically, by being in the wonkiest
context imaginable, he comes across as
passionate, sincere, and likable.
Student’s Use
of Information
Gore’s presentation on a stage before an
academic audience is in the “wonkiest
context imaginable” (Meyer 2006, 95).
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Plagiarism or not?
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His clear graphs and often captivating
images can propel viewers to the
conclusion that climate change is a present
and fast-paced reality, rather than a far-off
and slowly evolving possibility.
Student’s Use
of Information
Gore’s visuals help people realize “that
climate change is a present and fastpaced reality, rather than a far-off and
slowly evolving possibility.”
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Plagiarism or not?
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DEADLY SIN #4:
Failure to cite an exact
quote
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How do we fix this?
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His clear graphs and often captivating
images can propel viewers to the
conclusion that climate change is a
present and fast-paced reality, rather than
a far-off and slowly evolving possibility.
Student’s Use
of Information
Gore’s visuals help people realize “that
climate change is a present and fastpaced reality, rather than a far-off
and slowly evolving possibility.”
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How do we fix this?
Original
His clear graphs and often captivating
images can propel viewers to the
conclusion that climate change is a
present and fast-paced reality, rather than
a far-off and slowly evolving possibility.
Student’s Use
of Information
Gore’s visuals help people realize “that
climate change is a present and fastpaced reality, rather than a far-off
and slowly evolving possibility” (Meyer
2006, 95).
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Plagiarism or not?
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Environmentalists often diagnose
public opinion as a key obstacle to
effective action on concerns including
climate change.
Student’s Use
of Information
Public opinion is often blamed by
environmentalists as a major roadblock
to effective action on issues such as
global warming.
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Plagiarism or not?
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Plagiarism
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DEADLY SIN #5:
Failure to cite
paraphrased ideas
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How do we fix this?
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Environmentalists often diagnose public
opinion as a key obstacle to effective
action on concerns including climate
change.
Student’s Use
of Information
Public opinion is often blamed by
environmentalists as a major roadblock
to effective action on issues such as
global warming.
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How do we fix this?
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Environmentalists often diagnose public
opinion as a key obstacle to effective
action on concerns including climate
change.
Student’s Use
of Information
Public opinion is often blamed by
environmentalists as a major roadblock
to effective action on issues such as
global warming (Meyer 2006, 95).
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Plagiarism or not?
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Gore also delivers his message well. He
simplifies the science without
oversimplifying.
Student’s Use
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Gore’s effective presentation is balanced
and well designed for the general public.
“He simplifies the science without
oversimplifying” (Meyer 2006, 95).
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Plagiarism or not?
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Plagiarism
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Correct! This student
accurately cited the
source!
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Plagiarism or not?
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Gore also delivers his message well.
He simplifies the science without
oversimplifying.
Student’s Use
of Information
Gore’s effective presentation is balanced
and well designed for the general public.
“He simplifies the science without
oversimplifying” (Meyer 2006, 95).
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Meyer, J. M. 2006. “Another
Inconvenient Truth.” Dissent 53
(4): 95-96.
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Gore also delivers his message well. He
simplifies the science without
oversimplifying.
Student’s Use
of Information
Gore’s effective presentation is balanced
and well designed for the general public.
“He simplifies the science without
oversimplifying” (Gore, 2006, p. 95).
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Plagiarism or not?
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Plagiarism
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HOWEVER…
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DEADLY SIN # 6: Failure
to provide an accurate
citation
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How do we fix this?
Meyer, J. M. 2006. “Another Inconvenient
Truth.” Dissent 53 (4): 95-96.
Original
Gore also delivers his message well. He
simplifies the science without
oversimplifying.
Student’s Use
of Information
Gore’s effective presentation is balanced and
well designed for the general public. “He
simplifies the science without oversimplifying”
(Gore,
Meyer, 2006, 95).
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At some point in my academic
career, I have committed an act
of plagiarism.
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Yes, I totally have!
No, I’m always honest.
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There’s no way for my
professor to tell if I’ve copied a
few words here and there.
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How can they tell?
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Google
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Ask students about questionable
passages
“We just know.”
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How They Can Tell
Student’s Use
of Information
One of the main arguments of history is
whether it can really be viewed objectively.
Usually, the “winners” record history and it
is often hard to tell what is truth and what
is exaggerated. The endless antagonism
between objectivism and subjectivism has
hampered the enlarging horizon of history
and has threatened the modernist
objectivist paradigm. From the Southern
point of view, modern history books…
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How They Can Tell
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…postmodernists tried to overcome the
modernist objectivist paradigm. The main
purpose of this article is to investigate the
pros and cons of "modernistic" history by
examining its history from the perspective
of the antagonism between objectivism
and subjectivism…modernism turned out
to be the shackle by which the enlarging
horizon of history was hampered.
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If I get caught plagiarizing, I
can be suspended or expelled
from Dickinson College.
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DEADLY SIN #7:
Thinking you can get
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Plagiarism Cases
at Dickinson College
2005 - 2006
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2006 - 2007
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13 students found
responsible
7 male, 6 female
All class years
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15 students found
responsible
8 male, 7 female
All class years, 4 FYs
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Fs or 0s on assignment
“F”s for the course
stayed suspensions
outright suspensions
10 Fs or 0s on assignment
4 “F”s for the course
11 stayed suspensions
7 various other consequences
Students found responsible for cheating or
plagiarism are ineligible for academic honors.
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The Seven Academic Integrity
Commandments
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Thou shalt not presenteth another’s research as thine
own.
Giveth proper credit to Internet sites.
Useth quotation marks when borrowing even thy
neighbor’s brief phrase.
Includeth footnotes or in-text notes whenever quoting.
Citeth thou also paraphrased ideas.
Verily thou shalt recordeth thoroughly and accurately all
sources consulted.
Do not thinketh thyself immune to being smote with the
consequences of plagiarism.
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Where can I get further help?
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Consult a librarian
Review the library’s website
Read A Writer's Reference by Diana
Hacker
Visit the Writing Center
Read the College policy
Read your syllabi
Talk to your professor
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Example 1: Plagiarism or
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