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2007 Annual International CHRIE Conference & Exposition 
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citation. Facts that are specific to a field of study, and are not considered common knowledge, must be cited. In most 
cases, plagiarism of an individual’s own work, used by the individual who created it are largely ignored, as the 
individual owns the work has the right to use it as they wish. In addition, it is not viewed as plagiarism when an 
organizations collective work which are not referenced to an individual. An example of this is found in an 
encyclopedia or technical manual that do not cite their sources (Galus, 2002).
Common law contends that plagiarism is not a crime; the crime of plagiarism is found in the infringement 
of copyright laws that are part of the civil code. To be a criminal offense, plagiarism must be used as a way to gain 
significant monetary benefit or advancement. The Plaintiff in a plagiarism case must show the defendant had access 
to work which was copyrighted and presented the work as their own intellectual property.