Real Life Plagiarism Scenario

John asks the university accounting department for a summary for the accounting report. He uses some of the information in his report, but he does not cite it. What is the verdict and/or charge?

• Acquitted

• Guilty, Fraud

• Guilty, Cybercheating

• Guilty, Failure to Cite

Trixie is surfing the internet and finds information on what life was like living in a palace. She changes the introductory paragraph, but keeps the rest exactly the same. What is the verdict and/or charge?

• Acquitted

• Guilty, Fraud

• Guilty, Cybercheating

• Guilty, Failure to Cite

Lois is writing her science fair report on lasers. She is finding it very difficult to paraphrase the information so he puts it in quotes and cites the sources. What is the verdict and/or charge?

• Acquitted

• Guilty, Fraud

• Guilty, Cybercheating

• Guilty, Failure to Cite

Ken has an older brother who also had to write an English book report in 12th grade. He picks the same topic as his brother and changes his brother's paper slightly. What is the verdict and/or charge?

• Acquitted

• Guilty, Fraud

• Guilty, Cybercheating

• Guilty, Failure to Cite

Mark finds some wonderful information on whales for his report. He paraphrases the information by finding synonyms using the Thesaurus. He then cites the sources in internal citations at the end of the paper. What is the verdict and/or charge?

• Acquitted

• Guilty, Fraud

• Guilty, Cybercheating

• Guilty, Failure to Cite

Justin paraphrases information by completely rewriting in her words. She then cites the information. What is the verdict and/or charge?

• Acquitted

• Guilty, Fraud

• Guilty, Cybercheating

• Guilty, Failure to Cite

Maria paraphrases information on photosynthesis for her science report, but she does not cite the source since she forgot to write down the web page. What is the verdict and/or charge?

• Acquitted

• Guilty, Fraud

• Guilty, Cybercheating

• Guilty, Failure to Cite

Andy writes in his literature review that Titanic was a ship that sank on its first voyage, but he does not cite his source. What is the verdict and/or charge?

• Acquitted

• Guilty, Fraud

• Guilty, Cybercheating

• Guilty, Failure to Cite

Christopher has a difficult time paraphrasing all of the information so he paraphrases part of it and uses the author's words for the rest. He does not use quotations since some were his own words, and he does cite the source in internal citations and at the end of his paper. What is the verdict and/or charge?

• Acquitted

• Guilty, Fraud

• Guilty, Cybercheating

• Guilty, Failure to Quote

Dionisio uses a lot of graphics and pictures from the internet, and she gives the websites credit. What is the verdict and/or charge?

• Acquitted

• Guilty, Fraud

• Guilty, Cybercheating

• Guilty, Failure to Quote