What is plagiarism? Explain the notion of cyber plagiarism

. What is plagiarism? Explain the notion of cyber plagiarism.
2. Why do students plagiarize? List the causes.
3. Provide 3 ways of avoiding plagiarism in writing. How can students integrate outside sources into a paper?
4. How do you understand the notion of academic integrity? Why academic integrity is important?
5. Post a comment to one of your group mates.

What is Plagiarism?

Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense:

According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, to "plagiarize" means:

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  to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own
  
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  to use (another's production) without crediting the source
  
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  to commit literary theft
  
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  to present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
  

In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.

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   Plagiarism is stealing: Stealing other people’s work ideas, critical arguments and sentence structure. Morally, it is a similar act to stealing a car or anything else. The concept remains the same. As a student, if somebody else stole your ideas, how would you feel?
   
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   Plagiarism represents information illiteracy: If you plagiarise somebody else’s work, you are implying that you are incapable of expressing your own thoughts and ideas in an eloquent enough manner to attain a high-grade classification. In essence, being caught plagiarising is an admission of illiteracy in handling information which is not an impression that you want to create as a student. It can also have several adverse effects with respect to the students ability to enter gainful employment in the future.