Academic Honesty

February 20th 2013

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Definition

• pla-gia-rizeEtymology: plagiary Date: 1716 transitive senses : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source

intransitive senses : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source

From: Webster's New World Dictionary, Second College Edition

The difference between good research and plagiarism is a reference!

The Academic Handbook

St. Edward's University expects academic honesty from all students; consequently, all work submitted for grading in a course must be created as the result of your own thought and effort. Representing work as your own when it is not a result of your own thought and effort is a violation of the St. Edward's Academic Honesty policy. The normal penalty for a student who is dishonest in any work is to receive a mark of F for that course. Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty and may result in the same penalty. In cases of mitigating circumstances, the instructor has the option to assign a lesser penalty. A student who has been assigned the grade of F because of academic dishonesty does not have the option of withdrawing from the course.

FORMS OF PLAGIARISM

Theft

• Taking someone else's work and submitting it as your own.

• This ranges from a few sentences, to an entire paper.

• it is plagiarism and is subject to the penalties under the academic honesty policy

Collusion

• receiving unauthorized assistance on any type of work such as writing sections of your paper.

• Roommates, friends, mom and dad

What of Long Strings of Quotations?

• Cutting and Pasting information from the internet is stealing.

• This includes big chunks of properly cited information.

• Papers must be original

Unintentional Plagiarism

• Is still plagiarism

• failure to cite

• creating an impression that someone else's work is your own

Examples• you bought or otherwise acquired

a research paper and handed it in part or all of it as you own

• you paraphrased someone's unique or particularly apt phrase without acknowledgement.

• You repeated someone's wording without acknowledgement

• while browsing the web, you copied text and pasted it into your paper without quotation marks or without citing source

PARAPHRASING

When Paraphrasing is Plagiarism

• Only the wording of a few phrases was changed and the sentences were only re-arranged. This is called transcribing

or• The writer does not

acknowledge the source of the information and ideas.

When it is not

• The writer uses his or her own words.

• Proper acknowledgment for the ideas presented in the passage is given.

WHEN CITATIONS ARE NOT NEEDED

Citations are not needed

• Information is your own writing

• It is a familiar saying or proverb

Common Knowledge

• These are facts known by a large amount of people.

• These do not need citations.

• George Washington was the first President of the United States

What is Not Common Knowledge

• Anything that is not common knowledge needs a citation. This is especially true when the statement involves an interpretation

Washington was probably a deist, though he would have strenuously denied accusations of not being a Christian, if any had been foolish enough to make them (Johnson, p.205)

Wikipedia

• This is not a trusted source because it is user edited rather than peer reviewed.

• It tries to present a neutral point of view, but is often lacking

• The Death of Sinbad

• Do not use this as a source in your paper.

SUBMISSION 2What it Entails

THREE SECTIONS

1. Introduction to social problem

2. Background/history/ current policy

3. In-depth presentation of the sides

INTRODUCTION(approximately 3-4 pages)

• Introduction• Social problem

– Significance– Statistics– Targets

• Definitions (as needed)• Brief overview of the controversy• Conclude with normative question

Your introduction should scare the reader by convincing him/her that the fate of the world depends on

solving this problem

BACKGROUND/HISTORY(Approximately 5 pages)

• Goal: historical context to understand current controversy

• Starting place: it should be far back enough to describe the modern dilemma

• Ending point: Most recent events

Section 3:What it Contains (4-5 Pages for Each Side)

• Stakeholders

• Arguments

• Issues

• Plans

Who are the Stakeholders?• Identify the General Stakeholders

• Identify the Specific Stakeholders– Tell me why the group matters– Tell me what they value

• Conclude by identifying their major arguments on the solution

MECHANICS

• Approximately 14-16 pages long (Minimum of 12)

• Works Cited• Correct MLA form throughout• Style

– In accordance with Capstone guidelines– Polished, proofed

• DUE: In Class 3/8/2013 and on Blackboard by Midnight on 3/8/2013

MISSION RESOURCE CENTER

What they Do

• The MCRC focuses on content specific to Capstone

• Help students – understand Capstone vocabulary– find and evaluate appropriate sources for their

projects– analyze the arguments and moral reasoning– develop portions of their oral presentations.

Who and Where

• Holy Cross Hall 106

• Hours: One-on-one tutoring sessions by appointment.

• Staff: Professors Mary Reilly, Brian McNerney, Brett Westbrook, and Peter Austin

On Line

• At- St. Edwardshttp://sites.stedwards.edu/mcrc/

• On Twitter- https://twitter.com/MissionCourseRC

Turnitin.Com

This paper must also be submitted to turnitin.com

About Turnitin.com

• It Checks your paper for plagiarism

– Against the web

– Against the other papers in the turnitin archive

• Failure to use this results in a 10 point deduction from your paper

Accessing Turnitin

• Log into Blackboard

• Go to the CAPS 4360 Page

• DO NOT GO TO TURNITIN.COM

Click on Assignments

Click on Assignments

Click on View/Complete

Click on View/Complete

Step 1 in Submitting the Paper

• Fill out all the parts

• You must have a title for your paper

• Browse for your file

• Choose Upload

Step 2 In Submitting the Paper

• Preview the Paper

• Make sure everything is ok

• Choose Submit

Step 3 in Submitting the Paper

• If you do it right, you will get the following message