Academic Ethics

Dr. Nigam Dave

Citations/ ideas taken from

www.library.uwa.edu
www.summercore.com
www.tuhsd.k12.az.us
www.sdst.org
An E article by Aleksandras Vasiljevas
IPTG Honour Code
Images from Google
www.glasbergen.com cartoons used for academic reproduction
www.martybucella.com cartoon used for academic reproduction.

What is Ethics?
Ethics is a branch of philosophy.
The discipline concerned with what is
morally good and bad, right and wrong.
The term is also applied to any system
or theory of moral values or
principles.
Encyclopedia Britannica

Honour Codes
Do you know what honour codes are?
Do you know the honour codes of the
Institute?
Did you have honour codes at
Schools?
Why have an honour code?

Specimen Honour Codes

To strive for the highest levels of performance in all scholarly
endeavors and to do so with the enthusiasm that stems from a true
love of learning and a devotion to academic excellence
To demonstrate self-discipline, commitment, and responsibility in
fulfilling my obligations as a member of the academic community
To show thoughtfulness, understanding, and empathy toward my
peers, and to offer encouragement as they pursue their intellectual
goals
To be respectful of, and attentive toward those who teach and mentor,
while cherishing the ideal that academic excellence is best served
where scholarly debate flourishes
To honor the traditional rules of conduct that guide the achievements of
a scholar including contempt for plagiarism, cheating, falsification, or
any activity that threatens academic integrity and honesty.
Honour Codesof Burnett Honours College

If you want to read honour codes

of other colleges
Refer to the following site
http://secure2.mc.duke.edu/academicinteg
rity/samp_honor_codes.asp

Successful Implementation
Punishment

Individual Freedom

Self Imposed

Institutional Ethics

Temptations to cheat

Gradual Way to Success

Short
Cut
To
Success
Cheating

Self for the community and

Community for the self

Education is not a selfish

competition

Consider your self as a member of a

community

Plagiarism
www.library.uwz.edu defines plagiarism
as:
Act of presenting anothers work
Or ideas as your own

Etymology
The word Plagiarism comes from the
Latin word Plagiaris meaning kidnapper

http://130.65.109.143/plagiarism/tutorial/introduction.php

IF
you have included the words and ideas of
others in your work that you neglected to
cite,
you have had help you wouldnt want your
teacher to know about,

www.sdst.org

Excuses
Its okay if
I dont get caught!
This assignment
was BORING!

My teachers
expect
too much!

www.sdst.org

Everyone does it!

I was too busy to

write that paper!
(Job, big game, too much homework!)

Ive got to get

into
??? U.!
My parents
expect As!

Why not copy

You lose the creative joy that you can get
by extensive research.
You rob others of their due.
You may spoil your reputation.
You will be punished.
It will become a habit.

cstl.semo.edu/.../2005Summer/e-excuses/June1.htm

Copying in examination is also

plagiarizing and unethical

Dont submit assignments for

the sake of submission.

learning.econ.usyd.edu.au/honesty/

Risk Factors

You may get a zero in assignment

You will be referred to the authorities
Continuous habit can bring dismissal

www.sdst.org

What if the writer of the original

idea is not extant?
Alive or dead, it does not matter. If it is not
your own idea, you must cite your source!!

Poetry is a spontaneous overflow of

Powerful feelings, recollected in
Tranquility.
William Wordsworth
Preface to Lyrical Ballads

Translations?
Even when you translate someone, cite
the source.

Even with permission, reproduction

of the material is plagiarism
Without giving proper
credit, you can not
use the writing or
ideas of others.

The Plagiarism Handbook by Roger A. Harris, http://www.pyrczak.com/antiplagiarism/index.htm.

What about sites which give free

material?
Do you think that Free means
Dishonesty? You may not have to pay for
it, but if you quote from the site, give credit
to the source.
REMEMBER, IF YOU CAN FIND IT, SO
CAN YOUR PROFESSOR!

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Dont even copy your Professors

Lectures
Knowledge given to
you by your
Professors has
intellectual rights.
Dont present your
Professors ideas as
your own.

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http://www.inforesearching.com/nite2006/Plagiarism.ppt#282,12

E Sources for Plagiarism

Paper Mills
See Allpapers.com

Free Essay Sites

See Free essay.com

Booknotes Sites
See Antistudy.com

University, School, and Author Sites

See Internet Public Library

Do I have
to cite
everything?

 No need to quote facts that are

widely known.
No need to document common
knowledge
Eg. The first world war was
fought from 1914-18.

How to cite borrowed material

If you use direct
quotations,
acknowledge your
source in
WORKS CITED
section of your
research

If you paraphrase the

original idea,
acknowledge your
source in
BIBLIOGRAPHY
section.

Borrowing material is never wrong

just cite the source properly

http://www.lib.lsu.edu/instruction/tigertail/nf/module3/images/plagiarism.GIF

A Student Teacher Relation

Plagiarism damages the relation between
a teacher and students. Teachers want to
be mentors, not detectives, they want
to trust, not to doubt.

Institutional Reputation
By engaging in dishonesty a student does
not spoil his own reputation only, but he
spoils the image of the Institution also.

Collaborative work
Joint participation in a research project is
encouraged by many institutes. Sharing of
ideas in a group is not plagiarism, as long
as each member of the group is given the
credit.

Real life consequences:

Damaged the reputation of two prominent
historians, Stephen Ambrose and Doris Kearns
Goodwin,
Kearns left her television position and stepped down as
Pulitzer Prize judge for lifting 50 passages for her 1987
book The Fitzgeralds and the Kennedys
Ambrose has been criticized for incorporating passages from
the works of other authors into many of his books including
World War II and The Wild Blue. After Ambrose admitted to
the errors, the New York Times found further unattributed
passages, and "Mr. Ambrose again acknowledged his errors
and promised to correct them in later editions.
http://www.inforesearching.com/nite2006/Plagiarism.ppt#275,5

Consequences (contd)
Senator Joseph Biden dropped his 1987 campaign for
the Democratic presidential nomination.
Copied in law school and borrowed from campaign speeches
of Robert Kennedy

Boston Globe journalist Mike Barnicle forced to resign

for plagiarism in his columns
New York Times senior reporter Jayson Blair forced to
resign after being accused of plagiarism and fraud.
The newspaper said at least 36 of the 73 articles he had
written had problems with accuracy, calling the deception a
"low point" in the newspaper's history.
New York Times Exposes Fraud of Own Reporter. ABC News Online. 12 May,
2003.http://www.pbs.org/newshour/newshour_index.html

Consequences (contd)
Probe of plagiarism at UVA--45 students
dismissed, 3 graduate degrees revoked
CNN Article AP. 26 Nov. 2001
Channel One Article AP. 27 Nov. 2002

New Jersey teenager lost place in Harvard

University's fall freshman class after admitting
that she plagiarized some passages in several
guest columns she wrote for a local newspaper.
New York Times, July 14, 2003

NEW YORK Tulsa (Okla.) World editorial

cartoonist David Simpson was fired
after being charged with plagiarism.
Bob Englehart accused him of stealing
His cartoons.
Englehart's cartoon was actually
from way back in 1981while Simpson's
version ran in 2005.

Graphic Design Plagiarism

More about theft of ideas in

Graphical design at

Justcreativedesign.com//

 Kaavya Viswanathan of Indian origin, a

student of Harvard was accused of
plagiarism for her debut novel How Opal
Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a
Life. It was accused that she had
borrowed from 2001 novel Sloppy Firsts,
by Megan McCaf-ferty about a teenager in
New Jersey.

Black or White?

The line between inspiration

and plagiarism is not always
black and white. Ideas are
not protected, only the
expression of those ideas
www.girlshorseclub.com/.../2007/01/27/

Plagiarism
Trying to claim the
credit for something
that is not your work.

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Thanks