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Revision as of 13:41, April 16, 2008
Plagiarism is the use of another person's words or ideas as if they were one's own. Any time material is copied from another source without providing credit or a citation, an act of plagiarism has been committed.
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. [1]
Academic standards
Dave Pierre of NewsBusters quotes Harvard University that define plagiarism and emphasize personal responsibility:
the definition of plagiarism as cited at Harvard's Faculty of Arts & Sciences (click "Writing with Sources: Misuse of Sources"):
Plagiarism is passing off a source’s information, ideas, or words as your own by omitting to acknowledge that source—an act of lying, cheating, and stealing.
See also Harvard's "Writing with Sources: Common Questions about Sources" (emphasis mine):
4. Am I plagiarizing if I accidentally use a few vivid phrases from my reading without citing them? Yes; it’s your responsibility to avoid such accidents (p. 14b).[2]
Relation to copyright
Plagiarism and copyright infringement are separate concepts, and don't necessarily overlap. An act of plagiarism can also qualify as copyright infringement if the work being copied is copyrighted[3]. However, it is still plagiarism to copy a work that is in the public domain without providing a citation[4].