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3 ‐ Plagiarism
“Plagiarism is the appropriation of another person’s ideas, processes, results, or words without giving appropriate credit, including those obtained through confidential review of others’ research proposals and manuscripts.”
Federal Office of Science and Technology Policy, 1999
It is an academic offence and can lead to sanctions, like any other academic transgression
3 ‐ Plagiarism: what may be plagiarised?
“Words, ideas, findings, writings, graphic representations, computer programs, diagrams, graphs, illustrations, information, lectures, printed material, electronic material, or any other original work created by someone else”.
Higher Education Academy, UK
Literal Copying
Substantial copying
Paraphrasing
Text‐recycling
Is it easier to plagiarise now than before computers !
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