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'''Plagiarism''' is the use of another person's words or ideas with the goal of deceiving readers into thinking the plagiarist originated the ideas and deserves credit for them.  It is considered a very serious offense in the academic world, and students, professors and even college presidents are regularly punished for it.   

'''Plagiarism''' is the use of another person's words or ideas with the goal of deceiving readers into thinking the plagiarist originated the ideas and deserves credit for them.  It is considered a very serious offense in the academic world, and students, professors and even college presidents are regularly punished for it.   

Colleges have elaborate rules on how students can avoid plagiarism by quotations and citations. Note that when academic credit for original writing is not at issue, plagiarism does not happen. Thus officials of government or the private sector often give speeches or reports, and take credit for them, even though some staff member actually did the research and writing. That is not plagiarism because no academic credit is claimed.{{fact}}

Colleges have elaborate rules on how students can avoid plagiarism by quotations and citations. Note that when academic credit for original writing is not at issue, plagiarism does not happen. Thus officials of government or the private sector often give speeches or reports, and take credit for them, even though some staff member actually did the research and writing. That is not plagiarism because no academic credit is claimed, plus the speech writers are paid for their services.

Plagiarism is intellectually dishonest, and in the [[academic]] and professional community is considered to be a serious offense, and can lead to academic suspension, expulsion, or loss of a job. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_ethics/casestudy_blair.php</ref>

Plagiarism is intellectually dishonest, and in the [[academic]] and professional community is considered to be a serious offense, and can lead to academic suspension, expulsion, or loss of a job. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_ethics/casestudy_blair.php</ref>