INTRODUCTION
TO RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
23 September
2021
IRM1501
PORTFOLIO
EXAMINATION
,23 September
2021
, 2
Question1
According to The Oxford English Dictionary plagiarism can be defined as the “action
or practise of plagiarising; the wrongful appropriations or purloining, and publication
as one’s own, of ideas, or expression of the ideas of another”. 1 In easier words, it is
the stealing of ideas of another researcher of academic without giving them the
needed recognition (WL, 2011). 2 There are also various forms of plagiarism, the first
form is when someone fails to put someone else’s work in inverted commas and giving
them credit. The second form is when a text out of a book or case law is paraphrased
without acknowledging the source(s) and the author. The third form is when more that
just a text is used out of a book, case law or article. By taking something that does not
belong to you can be seen as steeling, this means that plagiarism can be seen as a
form of steeling.
Plagiarism is a very serious offence and can have serious consequences. If you are a
university student or school student, by handing in plagiarised work you can either get
zero for the assignment or get kicked out of the institution for academic plagiarism,
which will destroy the student’s reputation and the student’s academic reputation. If
you are a professional business person, politician or public figure and you plagiarise,
it will destroy your professional reputation. There are also legal repercussions
regarding plagiarism and can be quite serious. An author has the right to sue a
plagiarist because copyright laws are absolute3. Some plagiarism can also be seen as
a criminal offence.
Some examples of plagiarism are when you hand someone else’s work in as your
own. Copying large pieces of a text without citing that source that you used. Taking
pieces from multiple sources, piecing them together and handing it in as your own
work. Paraphrasing from different sources without citing those sources and lastly,
buying n essay or an assignment paper and turning it in as your own work.4
1 The Oxford English Dictionary
2 Neuman WL Social research methods: qualitative and quantitative approaches.
3 6 Consequences of plagiarism
https://www.ithenticate.com/resources/6-consequences-of-plagiarism
4 Noreen Reale Falcone Library
https://resources.library.lemoyne.edu/guides/academicintegrity/example-plagiarism
TO RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY
23 September
2021
IRM1501
PORTFOLIO
EXAMINATION
,23 September
2021
, 2
Question1
According to The Oxford English Dictionary plagiarism can be defined as the “action
or practise of plagiarising; the wrongful appropriations or purloining, and publication
as one’s own, of ideas, or expression of the ideas of another”. 1 In easier words, it is
the stealing of ideas of another researcher of academic without giving them the
needed recognition (WL, 2011). 2 There are also various forms of plagiarism, the first
form is when someone fails to put someone else’s work in inverted commas and giving
them credit. The second form is when a text out of a book or case law is paraphrased
without acknowledging the source(s) and the author. The third form is when more that
just a text is used out of a book, case law or article. By taking something that does not
belong to you can be seen as steeling, this means that plagiarism can be seen as a
form of steeling.
Plagiarism is a very serious offence and can have serious consequences. If you are a
university student or school student, by handing in plagiarised work you can either get
zero for the assignment or get kicked out of the institution for academic plagiarism,
which will destroy the student’s reputation and the student’s academic reputation. If
you are a professional business person, politician or public figure and you plagiarise,
it will destroy your professional reputation. There are also legal repercussions
regarding plagiarism and can be quite serious. An author has the right to sue a
plagiarist because copyright laws are absolute3. Some plagiarism can also be seen as
a criminal offence.
Some examples of plagiarism are when you hand someone else’s work in as your
own. Copying large pieces of a text without citing that source that you used. Taking
pieces from multiple sources, piecing them together and handing it in as your own
work. Paraphrasing from different sources without citing those sources and lastly,
buying n essay or an assignment paper and turning it in as your own work.4
1 The Oxford English Dictionary
2 Neuman WL Social research methods: qualitative and quantitative approaches.
3 6 Consequences of plagiarism
https://www.ithenticate.com/resources/6-consequences-of-plagiarism
4 Noreen Reale Falcone Library
https://resources.library.lemoyne.edu/guides/academicintegrity/example-plagiarism
