Plagiarism is illegal in the state of North
Carolina according to General Statute § 14-118.2. Text
of the statute and a tutorial on plagiarism for students are available
at the UNC University Libraries site: http://www.lib.unc.edu/instruct/infoethics/plagiarism/
Typically, plagiarism definitions are short and to the point. They address
using someone else's work without giving credit as well as deliberately
misrepresenting original work as being created by a different person
(i.e., the student completing an assignment).
Additional Plagiarism Definitions:
- College Board: "the attempt to pass off the ideas, research, theories,
or words of others as one's own." http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/college-success/10314.html
- UNC Libraries: "The UNC Honor Court defines plagiarism as 'the
deliberate or reckless representation of another's words, thoughts, or
ideas as one's own without attribution in connection with submission of
academic work, whether graded or otherwise.' (Instrument
of Student Judicial Governance, Section II.B.1.)."
- Indiana University: "Plagiarism is defined as presenting someone
else's work, including the work of other students, as one's own." http://www.indiana.edu/~istd/definition.html
- Council on Writing Program Administrators: "In an instructional
setting, plagiarism occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s
language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without
acknowledging its source." http://www.wpacouncil.org/node/9
- State Library of Victoria/Ergo: "deliberately using someone
else's ideas without their permission or acknowledging the source." http://slv.vic.gov.au/ergo/glossary?opinions
- International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO): "the representation
of the ideas or work of another person as the candidate’s own" (Diploma
Programme: Academic Honesty, p. 2).
- Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary: "Plagiarize: to steal and
pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's
production) without crediting the source ; to commit literary theft : present
as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source" http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize
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