According to NU Student Code of Conduct, plagiarism is “intentionally or carelessly presenting the work of another as one’s own. It includes submitting an assignment purporting to be the student’s original work which has wholly or in part been created by another person. It also includes the presentation of the work, ideas, representations, or words of another person without customary and proper acknowledgment of sources.”
Plagiarism occurs when a person:
A plagiarism prevention tool company has identified various types of plagiarism based on instructor insights (Turnitin, 2012). The plagiarism spectrum consists of ten types of plagiarism and it will be discussed in detail below. Read and reflect on these and you may be responsible for committing any of them.
Reference: Turnitin. (2012). The plagiarism spectrum: tagging 10 types of unoriginal work. From http://turnitin.com/assets/en_us/media/plagiarism_spectrum.php?_ga=2.193443501.1634687614.1509531065-2098262684.1509531065
Forms of Plagiarism |
Example of a Plagiarized Content |
Original |
What could have been done |
Verbatim (word for word) quotation without clear acknowledgment
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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 acknowledgment
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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:
Nazarbayev University. (2018). The State medal awarded to the President of Nazarbayev University. Retrieved from https://nu.edu.kz/news/state-medal-awarded-president-nazarbayev-university
Or paraphrase and cite:
The Nazarbayev University reached a great milestone since the start of the presidency of Mr. Shigeo Katsu in December 2010.
Nazarbayev University. (2018). The State medal awarded to the President of Nazarbayev University. Retrieved from https://nu.edu.kz/news/state-medal-awarded-president-nazarbayev-university
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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
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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
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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 was involved in research |
Self-plagiarism
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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/students/academic/guidance/skills/plagiarism?wssl=1
To avoid putting yourself into harm because of plagiarism, here are basic things to remember:
Make sure to practice these reminders from the very beginning.