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Plagiarism
ENGL 1101
The Writing Lab
 Writing Lab Instructor: Marissa Ross.
 Office: WW201B (Library, 2nd floor)
 Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
 Web: http://www.algomau.ca/academics/
academicsupportservices/thewritinglab/
 Phone: (705) 949 2301 ext. 4226
 Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:00 – 6:00pm;
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00am – 2:00pm
 See also: Writing Lab Notice
Plagiarism Self-Test
 Complete the self-test.
 Make sure you write your name and section number at
the top and hand it in to your seminar leader as we will
take attendance from these self-tests.
What is plagiarism?
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6glagcLVP-E
Plagiarism – a serious academic offence
 On Policies webpage of Algomau.ca:
 http://www.algomau.ca/academics/policies/#.UjcbET-JpdI
 Academic Dishonesty Form:
 https://my.algomau.ca/tools/documents/policies/Students/A
cademic%20Dishonesty%20Form.pdf
Let’s look at Timmy, a BBA
student.
Timmy takes a course in Market
Management.
He needs to write a paper on the role and
effectiveness of marketing strategies in
identifying customer needs.
The paper is due on September 18!
Timmy panics, but he is smart… He finds
some reliable and relevant sources and
writes a 8-page long paper, as requested,
by assembling quotes from his readings.
What do you think will happen to Timmy?
Do you think Timmy missed some steps of the Research Process?
Choose a Topic
Theories
Problem/Issue
Literature
Review
Research Question
Inform Others
(Dissemination)
How to answer
the Question
Design Study
Interpret Data
Discussion
Analyse Data
Collect Data/
Information
A research paper needs to include all steps of the Research Process (the Scientific
Method). Skipping steps in the process is what pseudoscientists do.
What mark do you think Timmy will get on this paper?
“Numberwang!”
 Listen carefully and remember the number you are given.
 Move to your group with the same number as you were
given.
Group Work
 In your groups answer questions 1-10.
Answers
 1.Yes
 2.Yes
 3.Yes
 4. No
 5.Yes
 6. No
 7.Yes
 8. No
 9.Yes/No
 10.Yes
Group Work
 Read the short piece about “Railway Manias.”
 Decide whether a, b, c, d and e are plagiarized or not.
Answers
 A) acceptable – correctly referenced summary
 B) plagiarized – original wording repeated with only minor
changes
 C) acceptable – correctly referenced quotation
 D) technically plagiarized – mistake in date & citation wrong
 E) plagiarized – some original wording repeated with no
citation
Discussion
 How is “piracy” different from “stealing a handbag? Is it
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different?
Is there such a think as a “victimless” crime?
How does the concept of intellectual property fit into the
idea of the “victimless” crime?
What exactly do you think you are paying for when you pay
university fees?
Student anti-plagiarism video from UVic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dy5GlXyHk
Own your Education
 “Our mind does not gain true freedom by acquiring
materials for knowledge and possessing other people’s
ideas but by forming its own standards of judgment and
producing its own thoughts.”
–Rabindranath Tagore, in a syllabus for a class in his
school, c. 1915
quoted in Martha C. Nussbaum’s Not For Profit: Why
Democracy Needs the Humanities