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IRM1501 PORTFOLIO
EXAMINATION 2021
OCT/NOV
DUE DATE 23rd Sep 2021
NAME(S) :
SURNAME :
STUDENT NUMBER :
SEMESTER : SUPER
YEAR : 2021
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QUESTION 1
Many authors have defined plagiarism differently and each definition seems to
differ from one another. If one wants plagiarism and academic misconduct to
be addressed fairly and consistently, there must be good definitions available
that are more or less universally.1 A general definition plagiarism is the use of
another's original words or ideas as though they were your own.
Plagiarism occurs when someone:2
Uses words, ideas, or work products
Attributable to another identifiable person or source
Without attributing the work to the source from which it was obtained
In a situation in which there is a legitimate expectation of original
authorship
In order to obtain some benefit, credit, or gain which need not be
monetary.
Academic institution such as UNISA gives warning to students to shy away
from plagiarism. For an example taking fellow students assignment and submit,
as you own work. Plagiarism is an offence in terms of the student Disciplinary
Code, and should you be found guilty of transgressing the code you may be
expelled from the University.3
Forms of plagiarism
The following are example of cases where plagiarism may arise.4
It arises in situations where a researcher fails or omits to indicate clearly,
for
example with quotation marks or indent and different font, phrases or
passages taken verbatim, that is, word for word, from a published or
unpublished text, without crediting the original text and author.
It occurs in cases where a statute, case law, book, article, or electronic text
is
paraphrased without acknowledging the source or sources and the author
thereof.
It arises in circumstances where more than a substantial part of or the
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D. Weber-Wulff, False Feathers: A Perspective on Academic Plagiarism. DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-39961-9_1, © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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2 Fishman, T. (2009). “We know it when we see it” is not Good Enough: Toward
a Standard Definition of Plagiarism that Transcends Theft, Fraud, and Copyright.
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Tutorial letter 301/04/2019
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Introduction to research methodology:only study guide for IRM1505
IRM1501 PORTFOLIO
EXAMINATION 2021
OCT/NOV
DUE DATE 23rd Sep 2021
NAME(S) :
SURNAME :
STUDENT NUMBER :
SEMESTER : SUPER
YEAR : 2021
, 2
QUESTION 1
Many authors have defined plagiarism differently and each definition seems to
differ from one another. If one wants plagiarism and academic misconduct to
be addressed fairly and consistently, there must be good definitions available
that are more or less universally.1 A general definition plagiarism is the use of
another's original words or ideas as though they were your own.
Plagiarism occurs when someone:2
Uses words, ideas, or work products
Attributable to another identifiable person or source
Without attributing the work to the source from which it was obtained
In a situation in which there is a legitimate expectation of original
authorship
In order to obtain some benefit, credit, or gain which need not be
monetary.
Academic institution such as UNISA gives warning to students to shy away
from plagiarism. For an example taking fellow students assignment and submit,
as you own work. Plagiarism is an offence in terms of the student Disciplinary
Code, and should you be found guilty of transgressing the code you may be
expelled from the University.3
Forms of plagiarism
The following are example of cases where plagiarism may arise.4
It arises in situations where a researcher fails or omits to indicate clearly,
for
example with quotation marks or indent and different font, phrases or
passages taken verbatim, that is, word for word, from a published or
unpublished text, without crediting the original text and author.
It occurs in cases where a statute, case law, book, article, or electronic text
is
paraphrased without acknowledging the source or sources and the author
thereof.
It arises in circumstances where more than a substantial part of or the
1
D. Weber-Wulff, False Feathers: A Perspective on Academic Plagiarism. DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-39961-9_1, © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
2
2 Fishman, T. (2009). “We know it when we see it” is not Good Enough: Toward
a Standard Definition of Plagiarism that Transcends Theft, Fraud, and Copyright.
3
Tutorial letter 301/04/2019
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Introduction to research methodology:only study guide for IRM1505
