PLAGIARISM

• Plagiarism is presenting someone else’s work or ideas as your own, with or without their consent, by incorporating it into your work without full acknowledgment
• All published and unpublished material, whether in manuscript, printed, or electronic form, is covered under the definition of plagiarism
• Forms/Types of Plagiarism:

  • Complete/Global plagiarism: submitting someone else's work under your name
  • Source-Based plagiarism: referencing incorrect or non-existent sources
  • Direct or verbatim plagiarism: copying another author's text word for word without attribution
  • Auto-plagiarism: reusing significant portions of previously published work without attribution
  • Paraphrasing/incremental plagiarism: using someone else's writing with minor changes and passing it as your own
  • Inaccurate authorship or misleading attribution: crediting or not crediting individuals for their contributions
  • Mosaic plagiarism: interlaying someone else's phrases within your own research
  • Accidental Plagiarism: unintentional plagiarism due to neglect, mistake, or unintentional paraphrasing
• Reasons to avoid plagiarism:

  • Breach of academic integrity
  • Principle of intellectual honesty
  • Failure to complete the learning process
  • Unethical and can have serious consequences for your future career
  • Undermines the standards of your institution and the degrees it issues
• Consequences of Plagiarism:

  • Imprisonment for 1-9 years
  • Hefty fines ranging from 50,000 to 1.5 million pesos
  • Destroyed student/professional reputation
  • Legal and monetary repercussions
• Ways to avoid plagiarism:

  • Paraphrase and put information into your own words
  • Cite sources following formatting guidelines (APA, MLA)
  • Quote sources accurately
  • Cite quotes properly with page or paragraph numbers
  • Cite your own material if reused
  • Include a reference page or works cited at the end of your research paper