Academic Honesty

SUMMARY:

As students pursue a degree in any College, the professors discuss what "Academic Honesty" is about and how it leads us to be more integrated with our work. It is expected for students to be more precise in their research while gathering information correctly and legitimately in their field of studies (Grellier & Goerke, 2014, p. 68).

In the realm of Academic Honesty, one can be able to identify something such as Collusion which tells us more about Plagiarism. To understand what Collusion is, one has to take the word literally from an academic perspective. A straightforward meaning to Collusion would be having two or more works collided exactly in terms of phrases, words, sentences, and even resource materials (Grellier & Goerke, 2014, p. 68).

Although, there is a difference between Collaboration and Collusion which can either benefit or cost one's education in their respective field. Collaboration is usually linked with brainstorming and sharing idea's, plan and inspiration about the subject/topic whereas Collusion is literally just mimicking an another individual's work (Grellier & Goerke, 2014, p. 68).

Plagiarism, an aforementioned word which can hold dire consequences, if done; at any College level degree (Grellier & Goerke, 2014, p. 68). It can simply be defined as information which is taken from a researcher without using quotation marks or crediting the individual(s). To avoid using Plagiarism one has to have the ability to express his or her own idea with their unique structure sentences (Grellier & Goerke, 2014, p. 68, 69).

Referencing and being able to paraphrase the authors' idea with your own voice is an acceptable way to avoid plagiarism. But, why reference? To reference is to give the readers the origin of the source and proof of the idea. Referencing requires the student to understand the topic in a more critical manner and give a unique voice while writing an essay or performing research (Neville, 2010, p. 8, 9).

There are different practices in avoiding plagiarism and keeping your Academic Honesty secure at all times. Some good pointers are mentioned in the pictures below. 

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(How to Avoid Plagiarism in Essay: 6+ Ways to Beat the Detector, n.d.)

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(Marjorie Leta, 2016)

REFLECTION:

I agree with the above-mentioned authors. I personally believe that to reference is to be precise in one's work. If a random commerce student would like to learn a topic in the field of science and a science student would like to learn a topic in the field of commerce, to understand any topic they need to know if the information is credible and from a reliable source. 

As a knowledge lover in different fields of study, I have always known to have credited the authors work. We live in an era where information is so easily obtained through various websites and through many daily conversations that we forget from whom we have "borrowed" the information from. I also agree to disagree on the part that plagiarism should hold any dire consequences. As it should, it should also understand the situation of the student. Whether he or she did it on purpose or not, if he or she was stressed and didn't have much time. I personally believe that some colleges and universities have it extreme in terms of plagiarism (Littlemore, 2012) and should lessen the severity of the punishment. Not everyone who plagiarises does it on purpose, they should, however, be given a second chance to attempt the assignment with a certain deduction in percentage.

REFERENCES:

Grellier, J., & Goerke, V. (2014). Communications Toolkit (3rd Ed). South Melbourne, Victoria Australia: Cengage Learning.

How to Avoid Plagiarism in Essay: 6+ Ways to Beat the Detector [Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://americanlamboard.com/how-to-avoid-plagiarism-in-essay-6-ways-to-beat-the-detector.html

Littlemore, S. (2012, June 11th). Universities need to tell students the rules about plagiarism, says adjudicator. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/jun/11/universities-students-rules-plagiarism-adjudicator

Marjorie Leta. (2016). Avoiding Plagiarism [Image]. Retrieved from https://www.slideshare.net/MarjorieLeta1/avoiding-plagiarism-slideshare-libward-60572863

Neville, C. (2010). Complete guide to referencing and avoiding plagiarism. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com