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Title: Academic Integrity and Plagiarism


1
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
  • Edward Eckel
  • Engineering Librarian
  • Waldo Library

2
On the Index Cards
  • Are there times when cheating or plagiarism is
    justified?
  • YES or NO
  • Why or why not?

3
This Evening
  • What do we mean by academic integrity?
  • Why should you care?
  • How can you avoid plagiarism?
  • Brief discussion (if time)

4
Fundamental Values of AI
  • Respect
  • Trust
  • Honesty
  • Fairness
  • Responsibility
  • Source Center for Academic Integrity
  • Clemson Univeristy

5
Plagiarism
  • Pretending that the words you write or the ideas
    you express are your original ideas
  • Also called academic dishonesty
  • Or research misconduct

6
According to McCabe (1990)
  • Undergraduates reported engaging in academic
    dishonesty
  • Business 87
  • Engineering 74
  • Science 67
  • Humanities 63

7
Well-Publicized Cases in Engineering
  • Russ College of Engineering, Ohio University
    (1986-2006)
  • 55 graduate theses
  • 1 degree revoked, so far
  • Numerous theses will have to be rewritten
  • 1998 Engineering professor plagiarized grant
    applications to the NSF
  • Copied text and a figure without citing sources

8
Consequences
  • Embarrassment and inconvenience
  • Failure of course
  • Expulsion from school
  • Revocation of degree
  • Loss of job
  • Ruined career

9
Every school has policies
  • Western Michigan University
  • Student Code of Conduct
  • Page 6 Academic misconduct Including but not
    limited to the following Cheating, fabrication,
    falsification, forgery, multiple submission,
    plagiarism, complicity, or other forms of
    academic dishonesty.
  • Research Misconduct Policy
  • Page 2 Plagiarism the appropriation of another
    persons ideas, processes, results, or words
    without giving appropriate credit.

10
Why Document Sources?
  • Make it easier for readers to consult them
  • Give credit to original author
  • Avoid accusations of plagiarism
  • Strengthen your argument

11
Quoting versus Paraphrasing
  • Quotes are not used much in technical writing
  • You will need to paraphrase or rewrite things in
    your own words, using proper citation.

12
Professors Expectations
  • internalize and spit back out in your own
    words, to provide your own take on ita
    personal reaction, not just paraphrasing.
  • Foster Gibbons, 2007

13
Advice from McMaster University
  • Try to understand the idea as completely as you
    can
  • Pretend you are explaining this to someone who
    has never read about it before
  • Look at several sources (not just one) that
    discuss the idea so you can see different examples

14
What counts as plagiarism?

15
Is this plagiarism?
  • two heavy chains and two light chains

16
Is this plagiarism?
  • The evaluation and everyday work with VR systems
    and applications made it clear that the design
    space for Virtual Environments (VEs) is very
    manifold and difficult to understand.
  • - Szabo 1998

17
Is this plagiarism?
  • The evaluation and everyday work with VR systems
    and applications made it clear that the design
    space for Virtual Environments (VEs) is very
    complex and hard to understand.

18
Is this plagiarism?
  • The evaluation and daily work with virtual
    reality systems and applications made it clear
    that the design space for Virtual Environments
    (VEs) is very complex and hard to understand.

19
Is this plagiarism?
  • Working everyday with virtual reality systems,
    one realizes just how complex a process it is to
    effectively design a virtual environment (Szabo
    1998).
  • -Eckel 2007

20
Questions/Difficulties?Ask Your Librarian!
  • Edward Eckel
  • Phone 387-5140
  • Email edward.eckel_at_wmich.edu

21
Bibliography 1
  • Allen, Charlotte. "Taste Their Cheatin' Hearts."
    Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2007, 2007.
  • Center for Academic Integrity, Rutland Institute
    for Ethics. "The Fundamental Values of Academic
    Integrity." Center for Academic Integrity,
    Rutland Institute for Ethics, Clemson University.
    http//www.academicintegrity.org/fundamental_value
    s_project/pdf/FVProject.pdf (accessed October 25,
    2007).
  • Gibbons, Michael T. Engineering by the Numbers
    American Society for Engineering Education, 2007
    (accessed October 26, 2007).
  • Hinman, L. M. "Academic Integrity and the World
    Wide Web." Computers Society 32, no. 1 (March,
    2002) 33-42, http//ethics.sandiego.edu/
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    Integrity The Influence of Current Honor Codes
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Bibliography 2
  • McCabe, Donald L. and Gary Pavela. "Ten Updated
    Principles of Academic Integrity How Faculty can
    Foster Student Honesty." Change 36, no. 3
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