Plagiarism

Paper Summary:

Stealing from others has plagued mankind for thousands of years, since the moment we stood up and walked on two legs. This paper contends that plagiarism is just another form of theft, but it goes much deeper than any pickpocket or conman could possibly imagine and that it is the theft of ideas, abstract thoughts, which someone else spent timeless effort in creating. It looks at how different genres have different ways of defining, identifying, and punishing works which have been found to contain plagiarized material. It also discusses how many real life instances of plagiarism have resulted in court cases, huge cash settlements, and republications of works with enforced properly cited references and footnotes.

From the Paper:

"There are times when plagiarism is an intentional act to skip out on actually doing work and conducting proper research, but there are also times when it can be an intentional mistake on the part of an amateur author or researcher. Due to plagiarism being so broad, there are many ways one could unintentionally plagiarize from another work and have absolutely no idea any wrong doing was done. Many professionals explain that the best way to treat paraphrasing is to not do it whenever possible. Instead of paraphrasing, it is suggested that one should use direct quotations and the creation of their own words of analysis for that direct quotation. However, when paraphrased are used, they should be correctly cited and referenced to the original wok in which they are paraphrasing. That is why it is so essential that students and professionals alike inform themselves of the various definitions and descriptions. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Crader, Bo. "Lynne McTaggart on Doris Goodwin." The Weekly Standard. January 23, 2002. < http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/000/817fdukv.asp>
• Goodwin, Doris K. "How I Caused That Story." Time Magazine. January 27, 2002. < http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,197614,00.html>
• Hoffer, Peter Charles. "Reflections of Plagiarism Part 1." American Historical Association. Perspectives. February 2004. http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/2004/0402/0402vie1.cfm
• Kirkpatrick, David. "Historian Says Borrowing Was Wider Than Known." The New York Times. February 23, 2002. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9807EFDC113EF930A15751C0A9649C8B63
• Lewis, Mark. "Doris Kearns Goodwin and the Credibility Gap." Forbes. February 27, 2002. < http://www.forbes.com/2002/02/27/0227goodwin.html>

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