| Forms of Plagiarism | Example of a Plagiarized Content | Original | What could have been done |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verbatim (word-for-word) quotation without clear acknowledgment | All disciplines offer unique but limited perspectives onto the social reality they study. | All disciplines offer unique but limited perspectives onto the social reality they study. All disciplines offer unique but limited perspectives onto the social reality they study. (Taken from Essentials of Transdisciplinary Research by Leavy, p. 15) |
Paraphrase the statement: Each field of study has its own unique yet partial way of seeing the social reality |
| Cutting and pasting from the Internet without clear acknowledgement | Copied verbatim: Under the guidance of Mr. Shigeo Katsu, since December 2010, Nazarbayev University had achieved great success in various spheres | Under the guidance of Mr. Shigeo Katsu, since December 2010, Nazarbayev University had achieved great success in various spheres. |
Cite the source: Or paraphrase and cite: |
| Collusion | You and your friend decided to work together. Both of you will divide the tasks and you will combine later on but you submitted almost the same work. | You have an essay assignment. You are required to submit the essay individually. | Just work independently |
| Inaccurate and improper citation | YOON-JOO, L. (2017). How Do Self-Values Play a Role In Consumers' Perception of CSR Advertising? The Moderated Mediation Effect of Self-Referencing. Journal Of Advertising Research | Yoon-Joo, L. (2017). How Do Self-Values Play a Role In Consumers' Perception of CSR Advertising? The Moderated Mediation Effect of Self-Referencing. Journal Of Advertising Research, 57(4), 422-435. doi:10.2501/JAR-2017-050 | Verify references. |
| Failure to acknowledge assistance | When authors forgot to mention the interviewees. | “The authors wish to thank the following people for providing the information the authors need to accomplish this paper”. |
Document all the people who were involved in the research. |
| Self-plagiarism | Using some of the paragraphs you wrote from a former class. This recycling of one’s own work is considered self-plagiarism. https://www.utdallas.edu/library/ plagiarism/plagiarismexamples.html | Original work. | Avoid duplication of your own work because same results will be shared and that will lower the value of the study |
Source: University of Oxford. (2018). Plagiarism. https://www.ox.ac.uk
