Academic Misconduct/Plagiarism

Academic IntegrityPrinciples of Academic HonestyWhen you say you did the work yourself, you did it.When you rely on someone elses work, you cite it.When you present research materials, you present them fairly and truthfully.Source: Lipson, Charles. Doing Honest Work in College. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press; 2008. Phoenix College Rules

Why Does Plagiarism Matter? Risk a Failing Grade Supposed to be LEARNING! Equivalent to Lying Should I Trust You? Public EmbarrassmentColin Powell & Tony Blair Plagiarizers?

Colin Powell. http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200210/images/colin_powell.jpgTony Blair. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2007/05/11/LI2007051101334.html

My Brother JeffPlagiarizer?

Intentional PlagiarismTaking someone elses work and pretending it was your own.Failure to include citations.Not paraphrasing properlyUse your own words and sentence structure.When paraphrasing, avoid using any words from the original, except technical terms.

ParaphrasingOriginal: Rocky Mountain spotted fever is the most severe and most frequently reported rickettsial illness in the United States. It also occurs in Mexico and in Central and South America. The disease is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a species of bacteria that is spread to humans by ixodid (hard) ticks. Initial signs and symptoms of the disease include sudden onset of fever, headache, and muscle pain, followed by development of rash. The disease can be difficult to diagnose in the early stages, and without prompt and appropriate treatment it can be fatal. (CDC)

Acceptable paraphrase?Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a severe and frequently reported rickettsial disease in the United States, Mexico and Central and South America. It is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a type of bacteria that is spread to humans by ixodid (hard) ticks. Signs and symptoms of the disease are sudden onset of fever, headache, and muscle pain, followed by development of rash. Difficult to diagnose in the early stages, the disease can be fatal without prompt and appropriate treatment. (CDC)

ParaphrasingOriginal: Rocky Mountain spotted fever is the most severe and most frequently reported rickettsial illness in the United States. It also occurs in Mexico and in Central and South America. The disease is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a species of bacteria that is spread to humans by ixodid (hard) ticks. Initial signs and symptoms of the disease include sudden onset of fever, headache, and muscle pain, followed by development of rash. The disease can be difficult to diagnose in the early stages, and without prompt and appropriate treatment it can be fatal. (CDC) Unacceptable paraphrase! Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a severe and frequently reported rickettsial disease in the United States, Mexico and Central and South America. It is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a type of bacteria that is spread to humans by ixodid (hard) ticks. Signs and symptoms of the disease are sudden onset of fever, headache, and muscle pain, followed by development of rash. Difficult to diagnose in the early stages, the disease can be fatal without prompt and appropriate treatment. (CDC) ParaphrasingOriginal: Rocky Mountain spotted fever is the most severe and most frequently reported rickettsial illness in the United States. It also occurs in Mexico and in Central and South America. The disease is caused by Rickettsia rickettsii, a species of bacteria that is spread to humans by ixodid (hard) ticks. Initial signs and symptoms of the disease include sudden onset of fever, headache, and muscle pain, followed by development of rash. The disease can be difficult to diagnose in the early stages, and without prompt and appropriate treatment it can be fatal. (CDC) Acceptable paraphrase?Untreated, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a potentially fatal rickettsial disease found in the United States, Mexico and Central and South America. People acquire the disease through contact with ixodid (hard) ticks that are infected with a bacteria called Rickettsia rickettsii. Signs and symptoms of this hard to diagnose disease include fever, headache, muscle pain, and a rash. Now we are going to break into your groups again. Each group will put the examples on p. 10 in the proper CSE handout.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Plagiarizer?Martin Luther King, Jr. : http://news.stanford.edu/news/2006/january11/mlk-011106.html Unintentional PlagiarismFailure to properly cite your sources.

Note-taking skills are required. Paraphrase everything you writePut quotes around direct quotesOrganize your notes by sourceSource: Stolley, Karl. Avoiding Plagiarism. The OWL at Purdue. 30 Sept. 2008. Purdue University. 7 Apr. 2009 . Give creditNeed not give credit Words/ideas from magazine, book, newspaper, song, TV program, movie, Web page, advertisement . . .

Information from interviewing or conversing with another person.

When you copy the exact words or a unique phrase.

When you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts, pictures . . .

When you reuse/repost any electronic media, including images, audio, video . . .

Your own experiences, observations, insights, & thoughts.

Your own results obtained through lab or field experiments.

Your own artwork, digital photographs, video, audio . . .

When you use "common knowledge - - common sense observations, historical events, what everybody knows . . .

When you are using generally-accepted facts, e.g., pollution is bad for the environment

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http://www.play3-live.com/screens/mx-vs-atv-untamed/ps3_mx-vs-atv-untamed_1199353028_4.jpgPrinciples of Academic HonestyWhen you say you did the work yourself, you did it.When you rely on someone elses work, you cite it.When you present research materials, you present them fairly and truthfully.Source: Lipson, Charles. Doing Honest Work in College. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press; 2008.