Information Management: Information Ethics

Plagiarism

The bottom line: don't do it.

As part of the Rutgers University Code of Student Conduct, the Policy on Academic Integrity for Undergraduate and Graduate Students has a section on Plagiarism, which is more clearly explained by the Rutgers Writing Program. [http://wp.rutgers.edu/courses/101/plagiarism_policy/]

More Resources

You can see positive and negative examples of using other people's writings in your own work, by reading any of the following:

How Not To Plagiarize from the University of Toronto
Plagiarism by Earl Babbie
Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It from Indiana University

Ka-Neng Au, 18 Feb 2002