I. WHAT IT IS

II. HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT

III. HOW TO AVOID IT STUDENTS

LECTURERS

IV. WHY WE SHOULD AVOID IT

V. THE PENALTIES / CONSEQUENCES

WHAT IT IS

* words, opinion, thoughts, products, information,

findings/results,project, paper etc..... (both spoken or written)

** assignments, project papers, thesis/dissertation, research, proposals,

test/examination paper etc.....

*** no citation, acknowledgement, referencing etc.

Using other people’s ideas*in your work**

without crediting*** them

HOW TO RECOGNIZE IT

Plagiarism has many faces

When you :

1• take, use, steal, produce or pass off another

person’s thoughts, writings, ideas and inventions

2

• present as new and original an idea or product that you buy or obtain from an existing source

3

• quote, paraphrase, or borrow large portions of the original work

4• summarize an author's works in your paper

5

• download, photocopy, copy, cut and paste a paper or section thereof from the Internet

6

• insert or substitute or change phrases and parts of an original text in your work

YOU ARE ACTUALLY COMMITTING THE

ACTS OF PLAGIARISM

IF………

7 • translate an original text or parts of it

YOU DON’T

QUOTE,

CITE,

GIVE CREDIT, OR

ACKNOWLEDGE

THE ORIGINAL SOURCE

CORRECTLY AND PROPERLY(EXAMPLES : PUT PROPER QUOTATION MARKS FOR DIRECT SPEECHES, USE FOOTNOTES, MAKE REFERENCES ETC.)

HOW TO AVOID IT Intentional or unintentional,

plagiarism is still plagiarism and thus must be avoided

STUDENT

Use proper quotation marks / citation

Acknowledge and give credit to the author appropriately

Take careful notes where you get your information from

Never copy from others. Develop the habit of writing in your own words withyour own thoughts. Be original.

Inculcate good values in you. Never claim credit when it’s not yours. Be honest!

Check your work before submitting

Ask your lecturers when you have questions regarding plagiarism. They are the best people to help.

Learn to differentiate original ideas from researched information

Ensure that your submission is free from plagiarism. Otherwise you may be penalised.

LECTURER

Provide clear definition of plagiarism

Educate students on what constitutes plagiarism

Inform students that there are now devices that can detect plagiarism ( eg. Turnitin.com)

Design assignments, projects and evaluation situations that discourage or inhibit plagiarism. You may ask the students to :(a) keep you updated with the progress and process of their work. Ask for an

outline and check their drafts(b) ask them for the sources they use and compare their work with these sources(c) create assignments that demand students to provide self analysis, discussion,

and primary source of information

Always remind students of the consequences / penalties of committingplagiarism

LECTURERS ARE THE KEY PERSONS WHO HAVE THE CAPACITY TO

LESSEN IF NOT ELIMINATE PLAGIARISM.

WHY WE SHOULD AVOID ITbecause it is wrong

MORALLY and LEGALLY......

...... and has become A GLOBAL CANCER

theft

unethical

misconduct unfair

violation of regulations

cheating dishonesty

intellectual infringement

undermining

And the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w( peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said :

“..... lying leads to immorality and

immorality leads to Hellfire. A man

will keep telling lies and striving to tell

lies until he is recorded with Allah s.w.t

as a liar... Narrated by al-Bukhari, 5629, Muslim, 4719

“ He who cheats us does not belong to us.” Anyone who cheats

really commits a sin and he who helps

him cheating also shares in the blame.

“It is better to fail in

originality than to succeed in

imitation”Herman Melville

OBE

WHAT IF STUDENTS GET GOOD GRADES

WITH PLAGIARISED WORK...?

and graduate….

and go scot free…….

IN UiTM, ASSIGNMENTS ARE CENTRAL/PARAMOUNT IN MEASURING STUDENTS’

ACHIEVEMENTS

THE CONSEQUENCES

YOUR CREDIBILITY, MORALITY AND DIGNITY ARE AT STAKE AS YOU ARE NOT THE TRUE REFLECTION OF THE GRADE YOU HAVE OBTAINED

YOU TARNISH NOT ONLY YOUR IMAGE BUT YOUR INSTITUTION’S TOO

YOUR CAREER MIGHT UNFOLD

Education is built on trust; BUT IF TRUST IS BROKEN,

the entire field faces a credibility crisis.

The bottomline :1. GIVE CREDIT WHEN CREDIT IS DUE

2. PRODUCE AN ORIGINAL WORKBe proud of being authentic!

THE PENALTIES / CONSEQUENCES

A FAIL GRADE for your work

SUSPENSION of your academic session

EXPULSION from the University

WITHDRAWAL / REVOCATION of your

Degree

COMMITTING PLAGIARISM IS

A RISK

UiTM takes serious view of plagiarism.

(IPSIS, UiTM)

To sum up……

PLAGIARISM UNDERMINES

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

PLAGIARISM MUST NOT BE

TOLERATED PLAGIARISM MUST BE

STOPPED AT ALL COST

To sum up……

Because it is a threat to Academicinnovators

Thus, there’s great urgency to solve

the problemPrevention of

plagiarism should be everybody’s concern

Do you want to be remembered

as a CHEATER ???

For more information on plagiarism visit the following websites:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html(Avoiding Plagiarism)

http://www.albany.edu/teachingandlearning/tlr/teaching_ resources/prevention.shtml (Can Cheating and Plagiarism be Prevented?)

http://www.wpacouncil.org/node/9 (Defining and Avoiding Plagiarism)

http://www.netknowhow.ca/NKHPLoverview.html (Plagiarism)

http://www.plagiarism.org/ (Plagiarism in the Digital Age)

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

(Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It)