Plagirism
...that is not one’s own and going into a store to steal merchandise. The consequences for both offences are often harsh and life altering. One can lose credibility, lose a hard-earned reputation, be charged criminally, kicked out of school or be financially ruined by any judicial proceedings against them. The cost of saving a few hours of academic study is not worth it in the big picture of life of any student.
Plagiarism is also a major problem for academic facilities as well. The schools could lose there accreditation if it was discovered the work of their students was not original but merely recycled work of other students or other educators. Another problem faced by schools is that donations to the facility might cease to exist along with dropping enrollment as a result of plagiarism; this could possibly lead to the school going bankrupt. The schools credibility would and could possiblily fall, any research done by the school would be highly suspicious and scrutinized or worse, be dismissed outright by other academic facilities. The embarrassment brought to a school caused by a plagiarism scandal is another factor that schools must look at. The school itself could find itself under legal action and the resulting legal action could be very expensive.
One can now begin to realize the effects of plagiarism are more serious than copying a few words of somebody’s work and not giving them credit for it. The effects are widespread for everybody and anybody in the academic field.
Since plagiarism is an expensive game, we must find ways to minimize or eliminate it. According to the (Fastfacts: Plagiarism and Academic Integrity, 2005, p.10) there are “Ten Golden Rules To Avoid Plagiarism”. This paper will focus on explaining the rules so that students will know how to stay away from plagiarism.
The basic idea of the rules is to use your own words to...
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