Legal, Ethical, and Societal Issues

The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

The writer mentions an author’s name for a source but neglects to include specific information on the location of the material referenced.

The writer has altered the paper’s appearance slightly by changing keywords and phrases.

The writer properly cites a source but neglects to put in quotation marks on the text that has been copied word-for-word, or close to it

The writer takes the time to paraphrase most of the paper from other sources and make it all fit together

The writer turns in another’s work, word-for-word, as his or her own.

The writer “borrows” generously from his or her previous work.

The writer provides inaccurate information regarding the sources, making it impossible to find them.

The writer properly cites all sources, paraphrasing and using quotations appropriately. The catch? The paper contains almost no original work!

The writer copies significant portions of text straight from a single source, without alteration.