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Module 2: Lecture Content 2

Plagiarism 

At AGMU Online Campus, we encourage you to read Student Regulations, Policies, and Procedures. Access: 

Undergraduate CatalogLinks to an external site.

The Norms of Institutional Order, in section 11, states: 
“The following acts or omissions constitute faults and/or noncompliance to the essential norms of good order and institutional coexistence, and shall carry disciplinary sanctions that may lead up to expulsion from the institution:

Lack of honesty, including fraud and plagiarism, concerning academic work or any action leading to it. “The lack of academic honesty, including fraud and plagiarism, infracts institutional norms.”

Disciplinary procedures

Article VIII of Student Regulations, titled Disciplinary Proceedings, in section 3 states: 

It shall be considered a grave fault to act, or conspire to act, or intend to act as follows (9) Fraud in academic tests; lack of honesty“.

“A grave fault is committed by a student and affects institutional order adversely, requiring a sanction greater than a reprimand or corrective measures.

Cases of violation or noncompliance with the norms will result in disciplinary sanctions. According to the severity and recurrence of the violation, among other factors to be considered by the professor and/or the Academic Council, the sanctions will range from a written reprimand to expulsion from the institution. 

AGM University Online Campus incorporates a plagiarism prevention tool for all written assignments. It allows your facilitator to check the originality of an assignment. According to the percentage of “lack of originality” and/or absence of references and citations, the professor may ask the student to repeat the assignment and may even apply corrective actions if the situation is repeated.


Can plagiarism lead to legal consequences?

Yes. The majority of the countries have copyright laws that protect authors and their work. Legal consequences depend on the applicable law in each country.


Self-plagiarism

An author is considered to plagiarize himself when he presents ideas, documents, or products that he has previously developed as if they were new or original. It is also considered self-plagiarism to “recycle texts” derived from one’s own previous or existing works. From a copyright perspective, this does not appear to be a crime because, after all, the authorship of the ideas, documents, or products belongs to the author himself.  However, from the point of view of academic integrity, it is considered unethical. 

Why is it considered self-plagiarism?

Because it is not acknowledging that the work was previously done and/or presented in another class or another academic context, in other words, ethically, a student cannot publish old work as if it were a new assignment or research, but it can be cited. When authors decide to reuse previous work, they must cite it and modify or expand its content. Otherwise, they will be committing self-plagiarism.

How to avoid self-plagiarism?

Suppose the author decides to duplicate previous material. In that case, they should use it in a limited way (approximately 30%) and cite themselves as they would do with the work or ideas of other authors. Before citing yourself, you can write an introduction to the citation similar to:

· As I stated previously…

· In a previous paper, I stated that…

· For class XYZ, I concluded that… 

Additionally, handing in assignments in course re-takes, or using assignments for more than one course is considered Self-Plagiarism

 

Remember that:

Although you are the author and can cite portions of your previous work, extensive citations from previous work may violate fair use guidelines.

APA states that the essence of academic work should be an original contribution, and only the least number of previously published material should be included.  As the author of your work, you can take preventive measures to avoid self-plagiarism before submitting an assignment or publishing any academic work.

The idea is to include just enough material to facilitate the reader’s understanding, or to make an introduction to a topic or original work to be presented later.  In these cases, it is essential to cite the previous work to identify the previous authorship of the cited material.

 

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