Question No.2 writes that whether we have to cite the source of
common knowledge or not.
The corresponding answers point out that citation is the safest way
to avoid plagiarism. It is also suggested in the responses that if you are not
sure about whether it is common knowledge or not, you should always check
before you write it in your essay. I do not know I have to cite the sources before
and I always hold the opinion that citing every source is a waste of time especially
the source of common knowledge. However, in order to keep the academic integrity,
citing sources becomes inevitable and vital.
No.6:
Question No.6 describes when
your professor used your article without your permission and put some of your
sentences into his/her syllabus, will this be plagiarism?
The responses reveal that every
word you written down belong to you or, in other word, you own this intellectual
property.
It seems that awareness of
intellectual property has infiltrated into every corner of our society. I
always consider teacher and professor superior to me both on academic and moral
level, and it is an honor that teacher put your word into syllabus because of
some kind of self recognition.
All of these ten questions are
typical which we might be faced with during academic process. Taking every
possible method to avoid plagiarism shows your respect toward intellectual
property.
I think situation like question No.7 is of most concerned among
these questions. Cultivated in an internet era, people also faced with millions
of information unconsciously every day, thus a capable of distinguish useful
from junk and how to save it as your own knowledge rather than simple
recitation.
Plagiarism is a barrier for both academic and business world. Nowadays,
there are strict laws to punish business plagiarism but not many legal rules
among academic area.
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